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Snow Sculptures in 2023

March 4, 2023 JamesCulleton
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Drawings Music 

Music Drawings and Watercolours

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 JamesCulleton drawings

 

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Music 

SUPERFUN Launched!

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 JamesCulleton

Canadian Folk & Roots Artist James Culleton Totally Rocks at Child’s Play with “Superfun” New Single — Available Now  

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Music News 

Superfun Kickstarter!

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 JamesCulleton

I’m super excited to have launched my kickstarter event for the launch of my next album SUPERFUN! Click on the

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Public Art Sculptures 

Zoo Lights 2021

March 8, 2021 JamesCulleton

The Zoo was able to open up with some restrictions and the Zoo Lights Festival is on until March 28th!

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Public Art Sculptures 

The Russell Arches

February 20, 2021 JamesCulleton

In 2018, five of my designs were chosen for a project in the town of Russell, Manitoba. The town partnered

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Music 

New Album Unusual Friendships features Artivive augmented reality app

November 5, 2020 JamesCulleton

Order my new CD Unusual Friendships here Or get the digital downland at Bandcamp here  

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Paintings 

Live Painting at the Forks

September 1, 2020 JamesCulleton
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Paintings Shop 

New Paintings

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 JamesCulleton

Some new paintings….for pricing click here

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Drawings Shop 

New Drawings

May 11, 2020 JamesCulleton

I’ve set up a new shop for my drawings. There’s a handful below. Click here to take a look.

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Sculptures 

Trophy for La Liste (DSFM)

March 15, 2020 JamesCulleton

I was asked by the DSFM to create a trophy for La Liste, a long running francophone improv competition in

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Drawings Exhibitions News Sculptures 

Vanished Days Exhibition at the Fusion Gallery in Portage la Prairie until March 28th

February 27, 2020March 15, 2020 JamesCulleton

My exhibition Vanished Days takes a look at farming at the turn of the last century. I partnered with the

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Drawings Exhibitions News 

Festival du Voyageur

February 17, 2020February 23, 2020 JamesCulleton

HeHo! Super excited to be part of Festival du Voyageur with a couple exciting events! In the Snow Tent I’ve

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Articles Exhibitions News 

Snapshots in Time – Article in The Lance covering Lyrical Lines at the Wayne Arthur Gallery

February 7, 2020 JamesCulleton
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Public Art Sculptures 

The Jeep!

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 JamesCulleton

Princess Auto called me up a few months ago and asked me if I could make a replica of a

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Public Art Sculptures 

Zoo Lights Fest at the Assiniboine Park Zoo – NOVEMBER 30, 2019 – JANUARY 5, 2020

January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 JamesCulleton

We recently teamed up with Lights Unlimited, Fete Jockey and the Assiniboine Park Zoo to put on an amazing light

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Music 

New Album: Spooky Songs

October 25, 2019October 26, 2019 JamesCulleton

Get it here from cdbaby Or email me and I’ll mail you one! info@jamesculleton.com Hot on the heels of my

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News Public Art 

Transcona Welcome Mats

July 18, 2019 JamesCulleton

We had a great time out in Transcona this month, thanks to the Transcona Biz! We painted three sidewalk Welcome

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Drawings News 

Bike Portraits

June 30, 2019 JamesCulleton

I had a great time creating personalized Bike Portraits for Bike Week this year at the Forks. Take a look!

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Exhibitions 

Drawings and Watercolours of Transcona

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 JamesCulleton

If you’re in the Transcona this week-end and checking out the parade on Saturday come see the collection of art

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Paintings Public Art 

Sun Spectrums Mural in Brandon, Manitoba

May 15, 2019 JamesCulleton

The City of Brandon is on a mural mission! My mural is 2 of 9 murals going up there this

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Paintings Public Art 

Smithville, Texas, April 2019

April 28, 2019April 29, 2019 JamesCulleton

I was invited down to Smithville, Texas to complete part 2 of the Smithville Legacy Portraits. This round we focused

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Articles News 

Artiste dans la région des Lac expérimentaux

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 JamesCulleton

Marcine Bordeleau m’a interviewé à propos de projets récents sur CBC. Vérifiez-le!

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Public Art Sculptures 

There’s Snowplace Like Home

February 9, 2019February 11, 2019 JamesCulleton

Chris Pancoe, Jakobi Heinrichs and I had the opportunity to do some snow carving out in Riding Mountain National Park

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Public Art 

conFluENCE at 33 Hargrave

December 6, 2018 JamesCulleton

It was a long journey but we finally installed conFluENCE at 33 Hargrave for TimberCreek Communities. We assembled such a great

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Music Video Projects 

At Christmas Time Video

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 JamesCulleton

Here’s my original Christmas song about skating on the Forks River Trail!. Shot and edited by Leif Norman. James Culleton

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Drawings 

Drawing Texas

November 11, 2018November 12, 2018 JamesCulleton

My 20 days in North Carolina and Texas this October proved to be a fully inspired drawing experience! Check these

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Paintings Public Art 

The Smithville Legacy Portraits

November 10, 2018 JamesCulleton

In October I won a commission from the National Endowment for the Arts for a mural I designed called “The

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Drawings News Paintings Public Art 

Harvest Sun Music Festival 2018

August 22, 2018 JamesCulleton

It was another fun filled, family-lov’in, dog friendly, action packed, music festival at the 13th annual Harvest Sun Music Festival

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Drawings Paintings 

Winnipeg Folk Festival 2018

July 23, 2018 JamesCulleton

The Winnipeg Folk Festival this year did not disappoint! Completely inspiring and great weather! Check out some of the fun

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Paintings Public Art 

Club Regent Birch Tree Forest Mural

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 JamesCulleton mural

It was an incredibly productive June! I put the final touches on my mural at Club Regent and wow oh

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Paintings Public Art 

Club Regent Casino Mural

April 28, 2018 JamesCulleton

It’s official! I’ll be starting on a new mural project at Club Regent Casino at the end of May. I

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Drawings Video Projects 

New Animation – Widgetville

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 JamesCulleton

Official video for the title track to Don Zueff’s new album Widgetville. Animations created by yours truly with drawing help

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Exhibitions Paintings 

The Forks River Trail

March 1, 2018March 29, 2018 JamesCulleton

My painting of the Forks River Trail won the W.Cliff Packer Memorial Award from the Manitoba Society of Artists! The painting

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News 

Project Map

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 JamesCulleton

Had some fun here creating a map of my art projects over the last month. Click on one of the

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Articles Public Art Sculptures 

Snowplaces in Riding Mountain National Park

February 16, 2018 JamesCulleton

I had the chance to be part of the Winter Adventure Weekend in Riding Mountain National Park this year. I

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Exhibitions Public Art Sculptures 

Aviary 4.0 at the North Dakota Museum of Art

February 16, 2018 JamesCulleton aviary, crows, snowcats

Our public art piece Aviary, created by Michael Koch-Schulte and myself with the help of Lights Unlimited took on yet

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News 

Creation Lab 3 at the Canadian Human Rights Museum

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 JamesCulleton

I was invited to participate in Creation Lab, a workshop combining creative people from multiple disciplines to create ideas around

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Public Art 

Aviary in Brandon

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 JamesCulleton

I installed Aviary 3.0 out in Brandon, Manitoba recently at the YMCA as part of their Winter Gardens celebration, in

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Drawings 

Custom Portraits

December 14, 2017 JamesCulleton custom, drawing, portraits, watercolor

People have been loving these custom contour drawings I’ve been doing. Portraits, people, places. Message me if you need something

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Public Art 

Winnipeg Folk Festival Labyrinth 2017

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 JamesCulleton

I just received some amazing drone footage of my labyrinth from this year’s Winnipeg Folk Festival. Special thanks to Jf

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Furniture Designs 

October High Point Furniture Show

October 28, 2017 JamesCulleton #jamesculletondesigns, furniture, furnituredesign

The October 2017 High Point Furniture Market turned out to be my most successful show to date. I had ten

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Public Art 

Aviary at the Forks for Summertide

September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 JamesCulleton

I teamed up with Lights Unlimited, an awesome up and coming light company and Michael Koch-Schulte for a new installment

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Public Art 

Street Art at the Forks

September 26, 2017 JamesCulleton

I had a great time designing and painting this 200′ long rainbow of blocks at The Forks this summer. It

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Public Art 

The Viking Float Project

July 3, 2017July 4, 2017 JamesCulleton

  This Canada Day, which happened to be Canada’s 150th birthday, was pretty incredible for me. I had the chance

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Blog News 

Summer update

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 JamesCulleton

Lots going on for summer, wow! Here’s a quick rundown, sort of an artistic tour if you will. Canada Day

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Music 

Spotify

April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 JamesCulleton

My  latest album is on Spotify! click here to check it out

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Paintings 

String Theory

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 JamesCulleton

I recently paid a visit to my good friend and collaborator John Parsons aka Lew Dite. While I was there

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Public Art 

Snowfas at the Forks 2016

December 29, 2016 JamesCulleton chrispancoe, publicart, sculpture, snowfas, snowfurniture, theforks

Chris Pancoe and I were at it again at the Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba, designing and carving our latest series

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Public Art 

New Mural in Transcona

November 28, 2016November 27, 2016 JamesCulleton

I just put the finishing touches on my latest mural. This one is at North American Lumber in Transcona. It’s

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News 

Holiday Newsletter 2016

November 27, 2016November 29, 2016 JamesCulleton

With the holidays right around the corner I thought I’d better give you a quick update as to what’s been

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Public Art 

Nuit Blanche 2016

October 6, 2016October 6, 2016 JamesCulleton lightart, nuit blanche, recycled art

Nuit Blanche 2016 was truly exciting. Easily Winnipeg’s most important collective art festival, Nuit Blanche is an all night art

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Sculptures 

Steel Sculptures

October 1, 2016October 1, 2016 JamesCulleton steel, waterjet, yardart

We have a wide selection of steel sculptures for indoor and outdoor use. Message us for details.   Interested in

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Exhibitions 

Art Exhibit: Dear Margery

September 13, 2016December 2, 2016 JamesCulleton

James Culleton: Dear Margery September 24 – January 15th, 2017 Open House and Concert at McCanna House Artist-in-Residence Saturday, September

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Drawings 

Drawings from the 2016 Winnipeg Folk Festival

July 30, 2016October 1, 2016 JamesCulleton

Recent drawings I did at the 2016 Winnipeg Folk Festival. Couer de Pirate, Dan & Laurel, Ryan Adams, the Crooked

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Drawings 

Drawings and Watercolors

July 21, 2016 JamesCulleton

Here’s a collection of drawings, mostly from the book Lyrical Lines. Drawings from the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Times Change(d),

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Paintings 

New Paintings Summer 2016

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 JamesCulleton

We have a broad selection of paintings available for your home or office. Take a look and email us if

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Video Projects 

Why sketch books are an important tool for artists

July 11, 2016August 11, 2016 JamesCulleton
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Public Art Sculptures 

The West End Cultural Centre

July 10, 2016July 10, 2016 JamesCulleton

In 2010 James Culleton was awarded the commission to recreate the facade of the West End Cultural Centre, one of Winnipeg’s

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Sketchvlog 

Sketchvlog 01

July 8, 2016February 8, 2017 JamesCulleton

I sketch all the time. Sketchbooks are one of my most important tools as a creative person. I use sketchbooks

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Public Art 

Installations at the Forks

July 1, 2016July 21, 2016 JamesCulleton

We had the chance to work with a couple great artists/designers at the Forks here in Winnipeg and installed two

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Public Art 

Ring of Feathers

April 24, 2016 JamesCulleton birding, birds, eagle, feathers, greatgrayowl, pelican, rammed earth, steel art, trailheads

Chris Pancoe and I recently teamed up and were short listed for a public art project in Grand Beach, Manitoba.

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Sculptures Shop 

Brass Fender Telecaster

April 10, 2016February 4, 2017 JamesCulleton brass, drawing, fender, lapelpin, pin, telecaster

This pin is made of solid brass. The pin is based on a drawing I did of a Fender Telecaster

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Music Video Projects 

Dear Margery Music Video

April 3, 2016April 3, 2016 JamesCulleton

The fifth and final video release for my album Vanished Days is for my song Dear Margery. I wrote and

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Music Video Projects 

I’ve Been Searching Music Video

March 27, 2016March 27, 2016 JamesCulleton

The forth video release for my album Vanished Days is for my song I’ve Been Searching. I wrote and arranged

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Music Video Projects 

Vanished Days Music Video

March 20, 2016March 21, 2016 JamesCulleton

The third video I’m releasing for my latest album is the title track called Vanished Days which describes the glory

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Music Video Projects 

Captains of the Sky music video

March 13, 2016March 20, 2016 JamesCulleton McCanna, North Dakota, Roots Music, shadowpuppets, vanished days, winnipeg

The second video release for my album Vanished Days is for my song Captains of the Sky. I wrote and

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Music Shop 

Download my new album Vanished Days

March 7, 2016March 7, 2016 JamesCulleton

  Click here to download the new album

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Music Video Projects 

Home Seeker’s March video

March 6, 2016March 6, 2016 JamesCulleton

A video for my song ‘Home Seeker’s March’ from my newest album called Vanished Days. Filmed and edited by Leif

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Music 

James Culleton Releases New Album Vanished Days

March 4, 2016 JamesCulleton

James Culleton Releases New Album Vanished Days     Vanished Days sees James Culleton’s songwriting take a slightly nostalgic turn

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Etsy

February 26, 2016February 26, 2016 JamesCulleton books, etsy, pins, sculptures, shop

Stop by my Etsy shop, it’s a quick and easy way to shop some of my work.   Click on

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Furniture Designs 

January Trip : Paris, Cologne and Las Vegas

February 24, 2016 JamesCulleton bretz, furniture show, koln, las vegas, m1, paris, pinnacle

January was an exciting time full of fun projects and inspirational travels. Here’s a quick recap…. The Paris flea markets

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Furniture Designs Public Art Sculptures 

Snow Sculptures

January 29, 2016January 29, 2016 JamesCulleton artdeco, chrispancoe, Culleton, design, furniture, snow sculptures, snowfa, snowlounge, theforks, winnipeg

Chris Pancoe and I installed our series of Art Deco inspired ‘snowfas’ at the Forks again this year. The Great

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Fabric Designs Pillows Shop 

Pillow Talk

December 18, 2015December 18, 2015 JamesCulleton #cats, bikes, blackbirds crows, chairs, dogs, flowers, geese, local designs, patterns, pillows

It’s time to get down…down filled that is. Here’s an array of my pillow pattern designs….. some of these are

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Sculptures 

Brass Christmas Ornaments and a new cello design

December 18, 2015 JamesCulleton banjo, blind contour, brass, cello, christmas, drawing, ornaments, steel, trumpet, trumpette, waterjet

Here are a few new sculptures that I’ve added to the collection….perfect for holiday gift giving. The small 2″ brass

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Paintings Shop 

Landscape Painting

November 30, 2015July 21, 2016 JamesCulleton acrylic painting, canada, clearwater, frankfurt, germany, group of seven, italy, landscapes, main river, manitoba, montreal, oil painting, paysages, wilderness

I love painting landscapes. I can sit in front of a canvas and meditate on a favorite place and the

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Articles 

Articles

November 18, 2015January 11, 2016 JamesCulleton

St. Boniface-based designer drawing on his passions, The Lance, November 2015. Drawing a decade’s worth of performers, Sou’Wester, November 2015.

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Fabric Designs Shop 

The Dog Pattern Project

November 5, 2015November 6, 2015 JamesCulleton bags, collage, doglove, dogs, goldenretrievers, labs, petlove, pets, pugs, shirts, shower curtains

The dog pattern project all started as an answer to a cat pattern I created last year around this time,

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Drawings 

Drawings from the Park Theatre: Celebrating 10 Years

November 5, 2015 JamesCulleton #scottnolan, drawings, live music, lukedoucet, park theatre, winnipeg art

“Drawings from the Park Theatre: Celebrating 10 Years” is an exhibition of drawings from the Park Theatre’s amazing 10 year

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Furniture Designs 

James Culleton Wins Pinnacle Award for Motion Upholstery!

October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 JamesCulleton #asfd, #designaward, design, furniture, furnituredesign, motion, palliserfurniture, upholstery

The winner of the Pinnacle Award for Motion Upholstery was the M1 series, designed by James Culleton for Palliser Furniture.

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Drawings Paintings Shop 

Chair watercolors

October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 JamesCulleton blind contour drawing, chair, chairporn, Culleton, eames, ink drawing, kangeroo chair, starke, wassily, watercolor

Chair lovers! here are some original drawings with watercolor of some of my favorite chairs. $100 each, frame included. These

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Fabric Designs Shop 

Bowties

October 4, 2015 JamesCulleton bowties, Culleton, hand tied, martin bowties, textile design

Looking to tie one on? Haha, I partnered up with Martin Bowties and Lili Lavack to create some pretty wonderful

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Drawings Paintings 

Watercolours

October 4, 2015 JamesCulleton #fish, blind contour, chairs, drawings, eames, george nelson, marshmallow sofa, watercolors, watercolours

I have some beautiful watercolors in my collection that make great gifts for that special someone. School of fish, 13″x17″

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Music 

McCanna Residency

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 JamesCulleton art, bluegrass, Culleton, Curtis Weibe, drawings, farming, Leif Norman, McCanna, North Dakota, Puppets, Roots Music

I recently returned from an art residency at the McCanna House in North Dakota. Margery McCanna donated the house to

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Articles 

Ayoko Magazine Article

September 25, 2015October 25, 2015 JamesCulleton

Article from Ayoko Magazine on my latest projects and Jonathan James Design Co.

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Sculptures 

Some New Sculptures Have Arrived

September 16, 2015September 16, 2015 JamesCulleton #‎blindcontour‬, banjos, bluegrass, brass, jazz, sculpture‬, steel, trumpet, waterjet

I don’t mean to blow my own horn but I just got these really cool brass trumpets ‪ Available in

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Shop 

Mugs

September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 JamesCulleton #cats, #coffeemugs, #drangers, #fish, #jamesculletonart, #mugs, #scottnolan

I’ve been loving these mugs from Society6. Great quality, easy for artists to upload and order, fair prices. Here’s a

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Studio 

Let’s Collaborate

September 4, 2015September 4, 2015 JamesCulleton art, consultant, design, furniture, merchandising, painting

All sorts of things brewing in the studio these days. Fabrics, beds, vinyl records, sofas, bowties, layouts, shower curtains, curating,

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Fabric Designs 

Fabric Design Inspirations

August 31, 2015August 31, 2015 JamesCulleton

Fabric pattern inspiration comes in many forms for me, but probably the most important is through my art. I remember

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Video Projects 

Art Upholstery Video

August 27, 2015August 27, 2015 JamesCulleton

Leif Norman and I did this video for our friends at Art Upholstery…it was super fun. If you’re ever looking

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Music 

Listen to my music

August 19, 2015October 5, 2015 JamesCulleton

Exciting things have been happening with my latest musical explorations. I’m working on my 5th album, which will be a

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Fabric Designs 

Fabric Designs

August 18, 2015 JamesCulleton blind contour, bowties, fabrics, factory weavers, jacquards

I recently teamed up with two mega-talented designers and a forward thinking Chinese mill to create a collection of fabrics

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Furniture Designs 

The Pinnacle Awards

August 13, 2015August 13, 2015 JamesCulleton

The American Society of Furniture Designers has nominated two of my furniture designs for their Pinnacle Awards. The awards dinner

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Paintings 

Art for the Home

August 13, 2015May 10, 2016 JamesCulleton

Here’s a painting of a crow I did, this one is 48″x 48″. Can you imagine it over your sofa?

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Public Art 

Lights

August 13, 2015August 13, 2015 JamesCulleton

I’ve been having a lot of fun with lit balloons lately. I’ve done installations at Memorial Park, La Maison des

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Shop 

Books

August 13, 2015 JamesCulleton blind contour, drawings

I have copies of my two books available. Lyrical Lines (2011),230 pages, color. $30 In Lyrical Lines, I use blind

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Shop 

Society6

August 11, 2015August 12, 2015 JamesCulleton

Have you seen my work on the Society6 site? Order shower curtains, coffee mugs, t-shirts and more with my images,

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Drawings 

Drawings

August 11, 2015August 13, 2015 JamesCulleton

I have a giant library of drawings….places I like to eat, my favorite chair designs, portraits of musicians and artists,

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Public Art 

Labyrinths

August 10, 2015August 13, 2015 JamesCulleton

I’ve been making labyrinths at the Winnipeg Folk Festival for over a decade now. Kids love these things! And for

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Furniture Designs 

Upholstery Designs

August 9, 2015August 13, 2015 JamesCulleton
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