is an artist and storyteller whose work draws from the questions that lingered after childhood—and the joy of following them into new forms.

Through painting, video, and collage, he creates bold, color-saturated works that merge pop culture, folk art, and personal myth into something distinctly his own. At the heart of his practice are the Billies: a cast of characters who explore life’s big, recurring questions with a kind of innocent wisdom.

Each piece invites the viewer into a world that feels both familiar and quietly cosmic—where queerness isn’t a subject but a way of seeing, and where simple symbols hold deep emotional and philosophical weight. Drawing from his time in fashion, his love of storytelling, and a deep reverence for transformation, MrJames builds not just images but joyful cosmologies—spaces for reflection, wonder, and the magic of becoming.

His work is a tenderly human response to the strangeness of being alive.

In addition to his fine art practice, MrJames works as a graphic designer under the name DaltonMade

Clients have included:

BANANA REPUBLIC • TIMBERLAND • MARMOT • THE BLACK DOG TAVERN COMPANY • DKNY • MERRELL • G.H.BASS & CO. • IZOD