Jim currently lives in the panhandle of western Nebraska with his wife, PJ, where
they both continue to enjoy the beauty of the landscape and wildlife around them.
"I try to portray the world around me in a fresh and original way. I seek to create
exciting and unique visual statements that express my feelings of a scene. Through the
use of established principles of painting, ie, composition, drawing, color, and texture,
I try to make my own personal statements on the world that I see. My ultimate goal is
to leave the viewer with a bit of the inspiration that I felt in the creation of the
painting."
A native of Nebraska, artist Jim Whartman has lived his life on the high plains of
the western US. Jim's early childhood drawings and a fascination for the outdoors
eventually grew into today's award-winning paintings.