James Cramer was born in Albany in 1948 and moved to Greene County with his wife Stancia in 1974 where they raised their two sons. James studied outdoor landscape painting with Marcia Clark, Albert Handell, Nina Rosa Irwin, and watercolor with Staats Fasoldt. James is inspired by the Hudson River School paintings (Albany Institute of History and Art), European and American Impressionism. He has continued painting outdoors for over forty years. His paintings have been exhibited throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond, including the Mark Gruber Gallery in New Paltz, N.Y., Ginofor Gallery in Cambridge, N.Y., Albert Shahinian Gallery in Rhinebeck, N.Y. and Sherry French In NYC.
In 2017 James participated in the Sixth Annual Finger Lakes Plein Air Event, Canandaigua, N.Y. and the Hyde Collection Plein Air Event, Glens Falls, N.Y. in 2019
Contact James Cramer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to purchase any of the paintings shown below.
The Willows - Oil on Linen, 14 x 18 - $700
Coxsackie Creek Grasslands, Summer 2021 - Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 - $800.00 - SOLD
Coxsackie Creek Grasslands Pond, Summer - Oil on canvas, 12 x 24 - $850 - SOLD
Octaparagon Preserve - Oil on linen, 11 x 14 - $600
Orchard at Flegel's - Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 - $800 - SOLD
Pond at Coxsackie Preserve, Winter - Oil on linen, 18 x 24 - $1,200
Pond, Coxsackie Preserve, Autumn - Oil on linen, 16 x 20 - $800
Potic Creek, Octaparagon Preserve - Oil on linen, 11 x 14 - $600
Red Maple, Coxsackie Grasslands - Oil on linen, 16 x 20 - $800
Sun on Silos, Coxsackie Grasslands - Oil on linen, 16 x 20 - $800