Perspectives Fine Art

James Blackstone Lofton was raised in Santa Fe and is the grandson of the late western bronze sculptor Jim Hamilton. Influenced by his family and community, Lofton showed interest in art from an early age. He began oil painting at age eleven and studied at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at age seventeen. Lofton returned to Santa Fe to develop his own style. After returning home, Lofton served short apprenticeships with several artists including Dan Namingha and David Anderson. He experimented with sculpture and worked in other media before finally focusing upon painting. During this time he was lead artist on several mural projects throughout the Santa Fe community. In October 2005, he was co-curator of the Santa Fe Emerging Artists Show at the Gerald Peters Gallery which featured his paintings and sculptures together with works of other young Northern New Mexico artists. Lofton’s paintings are a freeform representation of his thoughts and emotions and are open to interpretation by the viewer. A resolute abstractionist, he believes that the viewer’s interpretation defines each painting’s existence.

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