James is an illustrator based in London. He draws a wide variety of subject matter, both on location and in the studio, using dip pens, pots of ink, pastels, watercolour, and brushes.

His work has been commissioned internationally and published in several books including fully-illustrated publications: Studios of Their Own: Where Great Artists Work (2024); The Royal Palaces: Secrets and Scandals (2024); and Rooms of Their Own: Where Great Writers Write (2022). The latter has been translated into Italian, German and Korean editions.

Selected clients include:

Financial Times, English Heritage, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Berry Bros. & Rudd, Marks & Spencer, Penguin Books, Borough Market, St Regis Hotels, The Radio Times, Savills, Saga Magazine, Rotary International, Head of Zeus, Headline Books, Frances Lincoln, The Telegraph, Octopus Publishing, The Ned, Virginia Living, TNT, Chess Life, The SPAB, Ennismore, Maison Estelle, Zurich International School, Hodder & Stoughton, J D Wetherspoon, City University of London, Sipsmith, The Poetry Society, E20 Journal Westfield, Hoare Lea, Épi Baie de Pampelonne, Goodwood, Chelsea Physic Garden.