James Randle was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received A Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of Utah in the winter of 2005. James paints from feeling as opposed to a pure realistic approach to a scene; a sense of his past, upbringing as well as current reality can be experienced in each of his works. James uses photographs and sketches as a starting point for his compositions. Once the idea is on canvas he lets his process react to the composition and mood of the piece. For Randle, the most important feature of an object is the feeling that it invokes. His marks create motion, skewing one's temporal perception of the still image. The work is gestural, emotive, pushing and pulling, causing complexity to emerge from the seemingly benign urban settings. He currently works at his studio in Phoenix Arizona.