"Water" coloring in McDonald Creek, Apgar, Glacier National Park
Photo: Danielle Stephens

James L. Clayborn was born in Great Falls, Montana in 1949. James studied Fine Art at the University of Montana.

He moved to the Flathead Valley in 1976 and has worked for the past 30 years as an illustrator and graphic designer. His home is only 30 minutes from Glacier National Park where he draws much of his inspiration.

Among his many art projects, he has created a series of art posters depicting Glacier National Park and Northwest Montana.

Images of nature are the basis of his artwork. He recreates the gift of nature not only as recognizable, distinct images, but also as abstract impressions.

"Fifteen Day At Granite Cabin" show at the Hockaday Museum of Art

As an artist chosen by the Artist Wilderness Connection 2009, James spent fifteen days alone at Granite Cabin in the Great Bear/Bob Marsahall Wilderness.The show was the end product of that experience.

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EVENTS

St. Lukes Wood River Medical Center 2008
Ketchum ID, Invitational

Glacier Fund Spring Fundraiser 2008
Lake McDonald Lodge, GNP, Invitational

“Saddlehorn Plein Air Event” 2008
Bigfork Art and Cultural Center, Bigfork, MT, Invitational

“Fifteen Days At Granite Cabin”
Artist Wilderness Connection Program 2010
Flathead Valley Community College, Kalispell, MT

“Fifteen Days At Granite Cabin”
One man show 2010, Hockaday Museum Of Art, Kalispell, MT

Bob Marsahll Wilderness Foundation Fundraiser
Presentation and auction 2010

Bob Marsahll Wilderness Foundation Fundraiser
Auction 2011

“Nature, Up Close" 2011
Kalispell Regional Medical Center, Invitational

"Whitefish Artwalk" 2011, Whitefish, MT, Invitational

“Miniatures Show" 2011
Hockaday Museum Of Art, Kalispell, MT, Invitational

 

 

 

 

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
“Moose on the Loose” Project
The Glacier Institute
Flathead Valley Chapter of Trout Unlmited
Bob Marshall Wilderness Association
Montana Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Glacier Fund (GNP Foundation)
Glacier Country Avalanche Center
Hockaday Art Museum
Paris Gibson Museum
Whitefish Community Foundation

CLIENTS & COLLECTIONS
Glacier Natural History Association, GNP
Glacier Mountaineering Society
Montana Dept. of Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Flathead River Basin Environmental Study
Dr.Van Kirk Nelson/Glacier Gallery
Dr. Stephen Weber, Ophthalmology
U.S. Senator Max Baucus
Montana Coffee Traders
Lang Creek Brewery
West Glacier Mercantile Co.
Great Northern Whitewater
Great Northern Llama Co
J. Gordon Edwards Family
Flathead Lake Winery
Barry Hood & Eliza Frazier
Monte Dolack
David & Susan Long
Tim & Jane Hartfield
Roberta Stephens
Bruce Kaphan and Michelle White
Wayne and Barbara Christofferson
Joel and Michelle Tohtz
The Lincoln Family
Professor T. A. Anderson