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ByJames Windley

(Excerpt) We never thought we’d get excited about engineering, but a very cool #LUartist has won us over. 😄 Everyone, meet JAMES WINDLEY!

Mechanical engineer by day, @jameswindleyart transforms into a plein air and studio artist by night. He paints in his heated garage converted to a COVID office/workout space/art studio where he has engineered himself a magnificent setup complete with a rolling tool cart for his art supplies.

James got started painting in 2017 when, as a notoriously hard person to buy for, his wife got him paint supplies for Christmas. The following summer he took a workshop with #LUmaster @CharlieEaston (whose LU mastermind group James is now an integral member of) and his plein air and studio work took off.

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