Artist: James Rees
Title: Mango Seed
Medium: Monotype print
Unframed Dimensions: 13 x 13 inches
Framed Dimensions: 21 x 21 inches
Price: $1000
Artist Statement: Mango and Mango Seed make a diptych that explores the quiet dialogue between wholeness and what remains. The first panel—the ripe, luminous fruit—embodies abundance, vitality, and sensory pleasure. In contrast, the seed, stripped of its flesh, reveals the hidden core: rough, fibrous, and persistent. Together they speak to cycles of growth and renewal, presence and absence. By separating the fruit from its source, I invite the viewer to consider transformation—the way beauty gives way to essence, and nourishment to potential. The diptych becomes a meditation on what is consumed and what continues, on the tension between fleeting sweetness and enduring structure.
Artist Bio: A widely-known champion of the arts, James Rees is a passionate advocate for art education that balances theory, research, and practice. His contributions in art earned him the prestigious Governors Leadership in the Arts Award in 2016.
His work has graced galleries, classrooms, lecture halls, and residency programs across the globe, leaving an indelible mark on aspiring artists and educators alike. He has shared his expertise in diverse corners of the world, including Chile, Canada, South Korea, Venezuela, and throughout the United States. Notably, his printmaking workshops and thought-provoking lectures on the pivotal role of arts in education have earned him national acclaim.
