Episode 13 – James Maxwell

SnapSessions! presents Episode 13, featuring an interview with multi-talented visual artist, James Maxwell, as well as a travelogue story—In the Shadow of the Mountain, chronicling a long drive from Cologne, Germany to Teheran, Iran in August 1974. 

Maxwell talks about growing up as a young artist near Riverside, his time in the Air Force in Germany, and then art school and a productive career as a graphic and television artist in Los Angeles, where he worked as a court sketch artist at trials associated with The Manson Family and Angela Davis. Max’s love affair with and transition to Mendocino leads to a series of epic paintings, and an ongoing succession of creative achievements, still ongoing. 

Episode 13 is 70:11 minutes long and includes an intro, the story “In the Shadow of the Mountain” (starts :57) and the interview with artist,James Maxwell (starts 15:00).

SnapSessions! includes original music by Marshall Brown, production by Marshall Brown and Ken Krauss, voiceovers by Ken Krauss and Doug Nunn, and articles and interviews by Doug Nunn. Below are photos of James Maxwell and a few of his storied paintings, and one of Doug Nunn on the way to Teheran back in 1974.

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