Jim Darlington has spent a lifetime capturing the beauty of the seascapes and marshlands of the barrier islands of South Carolina on canvas. He employs bold color and brushwork to reveal the essence of his subjects. This ability to capture the extraordinary in our daily life draws collectors to his work. Regardless of the subject, Darlington captures a range of emotions - sometimes with subtle, fine brushwork and other times with strong palette knife work to add a dramatic, sculptural visual impact. Darlington says, " I usually begin a painting by applying large flat areas of color to a background which is colored either gray or burnt umber. Sometimes I have composition in mind; other times I let the movement of the brush suggest forms. I build upon these forms, or change them, until I have a painting that conveys a certain mood, or an aspect of the landscape which I feel is authentic. I often bring abstract qualities into my work, but I also feel I could never completely abandon the realist/impressionist style, simply because it is my first love and contains within it such rich means of expression."