James Keul received a Bachelors of Fine Art in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design and continued his education at the Art Students League of New York, where he studied with artists Frank Mason, Mary Beth Mckenzie, Costa Vavagiakis and Cornelia Foss. His works grace collections around the world, including the Bekkjarvik Arts Society in Norway and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Tokyo, and have appeared nationally and internationally in over 100 solo and group exhibitions, most recently at the GreenHill Center for NC Art, CAM Raleigh, and the Brown Gallery at Duke University. Keul’s piece “Fish in Troubled Waters” was selected to represent the South Pacific Region in the 5th National Climate Assessment, published in October, 2023, by the US Global Change Research Project.

James Keul is also a teaching artist and considers himself to be a lifelong student. His arts education was strongly influenced by early mentors Kim and William Darling; and Frank Herbert Mason, who was a student of Frank Vincent Dumond (1865-1951).  He was trained in classical oil painting materials and techniques using Dumond’s Prismatic Palette, which is an invaluable tool for understanding value and color temperature. Keul is proud of this heritage and enjoys passing this knowledge along to a new generation of students.