James Jean is a hard working, dedicated illustrator come artist extraordinaire! He spoke recently at the Semi Permanent design conference with intelligence, confidence and wit

Semi-permanent brings to Auckland an array of extremely talented creatives and James Jean is no exception.

Every now and then something will not only catch my eye, but perhaps even bring a tear to it. There are some amazing people out there doing phenomenal things, you only need to flick through a copy of dumbo feather (one of our favs!) and you will be filled with inspiration from people making art with meaning. I stumbled across artist Ray Ceaser on the weekend. At first glance his work seems dark, moody and surreal with a eerie frankenstein quality. It was the meaning behind his work however that got me. You may look his art and be puzzled as to where the heart is, but it is a perfect example of never judging a book by its cover….