acrylic and india ink on paper
24" x 36"
2006
24" x 36"
2006
Jim Bush
Providence, RI
Jim Bush received a B.A. from Kenyon College in studio art and political science, class of ’88, and then went on to study watercolor at the Museum School in Boston, MA. With this foundation in the fine arts, he is an award-winning artist and member of The Providence Art Club, and a former member of the Sakonnet Artists Cooperative in Tiverton, R.I.Providence, RI
In December of 2001 four of his editorial cartoons were included in the Hera Gallery’s “9/11” exhibition in Wakefield, R.I. - a wide-ranging collection representing some of New England artist’s responses to the event. In 2002, he exhibited at the Peck Gallery (Providence, R.I.) some of his playful watercolors of local wineries, and in the spring of 2003, his two-person show at The Providence Art Club led one local art reviewer to describe him as “clearly talented.” His work has also been included annually in a holiday show at The Space at Alice since 2004.
Bush has also collaborated with Barbara Bergman, professor emerita of economics, on the illustrated book: Is Social Security Broke? A Cartoon Guide To The Issues (University of Michigan Press, 2000). This all being said his true passion lies in turning the issues of the day into “cartoon” statements for The Providence Journal, where his editorial cartoons have appeared since 1994. Nationally, his cartoons have appeared in the Washington Post National Weekly Edition, The Dallas Morning News, and he has drawn for Tribune Media Services College Press Syndicate. He has annually, since 1994, been included in the publication The Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year.
While drawing cartoons on national subjects is unavoidable, local material almost draws itself, and is far more rewarding and cruel. As his editor Robert Whitcomb wrote: “Like many transplants to Rhode Island, he (Jim) quickly learned that the uncanny beauty of the state was equaled only by the cynicism of its citizenry, giving Mr. Bush the ideal perch for an editorial cartoonist.” He has recently purchased a small building in Warren R.I., on the corner of Main and Child streets (Routes 114 and 103) that he is converting into a studio/gallery space, He lives in Providence with said wife, two exhausting young boys, and one devilish daughter.