Exhibitions/Events/Publicity

EXHIBITION: K2 ARTISTIC EXPEDITIONS   AUTUMN 2026

Monday 16th - Sunday 22nd November 2026.  Evening openings on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

MARQUIS HOUSE, 67 JERMYN STREET, LONDON SW1Y 6NY

12th December 2026- 31st October 2027

FORTE DI BARD MUSEUM, 11020 BARD, VALLE D'AOSTA, ITALY

CONTACT www.johnmitchell.net

In  July 2025 James, together with his painting dealer and friend, Wiiliam Mitchell, and a  support team from Karakoram Adventures undertook the arduous trek to K2. James  painted and sketched as they trekked.

They followed the same route Vittorio Sella, the famous Italian photographer, took in 1909. 

The resulting paintings, including some of the original sketches made on site, will be exhibited at Tomasso Fine Art, London this autumn. These paintings will be for sale.

The paintings will then be moved to Italy where, together with a selection of K2 photographs by Vittorio Sella, they will be shown at the Forte di Bard Museum until autumn 2027. 

The exhibitions are curated by William Mitchell, codirector of John Mitchell Fine Paintings. John Mitchell Fine Paintings have represented James for over 20 years.

MONT BLANC. LE REGARD DES PEINTRES

Published by Édition du Mont-Blanc

James's work not only features in this newly published and beautifully produced book, charting the history of painters of Mont Blanc, but was also used for the front cover design.

The publisher, Édition du Mont-Blanc, was set up by the world famous climber Catherine Destiville, includes many iconic painters, such as William Turner, Singer Sergeant and Gabriel Loppé, and goes back in history to the work of Léonardo da Vinci and Pieter Brueghel the Elder.

The book illustrates paintings relating to my project in 2022, to paint the sunset panorama from the summit of Mont Blanc in honour of the artist Gabriel Loppé who painted from the summit in 1873.

Also shown is 'Flow' 2020 oil on acrlic on paper 177x160cm which was bought by the Messner Mountain Museum a few years ago.

At the moment the book is only published in France. 

PAINTINGS FROM THE STUDIO EXHIBITION

26th Novemeber - 19th December 2025

ALL PAINTINGS ARE STILL VISABLE AT WWWJOHNMITCHELL.NET

A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS ARE VIEWABLE ON THIS WEBSITE

JOHN MITCHELL FINE PAINTINGS, 17 AVERY ROW, LONDON, W1K 4BF 

contact William Mitchell at  william@johnmitchell.net

An eclectic collection of paintings from James's  studio,  mainly landscapes from the UK and abroad. However there was also work related to his various projects over the years. 

The King’s Tour Artists Exhibition July/september 2025

BUCKINGHAM PALACE 

The public exhibition showed over 70 works, including James’s paintings, made by artists who have accompanied HRH The King on his royal tours around the world. 

James has accompanied HRH The King on four royal tours. 

It was in 1998 on the royal tour of East Asia that James flew past Mount Everest. He returned the following year to paint the vast Himalayan scenes and hence began his interest in mountain paintings.

YOSEMITE EXHIBITION   December 2024

JOHN MITCHELL FINE PAINTINGS, 17 AVERY ROW, LONDON 

CONTACT WWW.JOHNMITCHELL.NET

View a selection  of paintings 

During November 2023 James and his friend and painting dealer, William Mitchell, travelled to Yosemite Park in California, USA. There they met  Armin Fisher, a mountain guide who has accompanied  James on several  mountain painting trips. They spent a week in the Yosemite Valley, James painting and making studies as they explored the landscape. 

James was attracted to Yosemite Park as it was one of the first national parks in the world  set up to protect the natural landscape.

For more information contact James Birtwistle at John Mitchell Fine Paintings jamesb@johnmitchell.net

THE ONE SHOW, BBC1, March 2024

James and the presenter and artist Adebanji Alade go on a  painting adventure into the snowy Lake District landscape. This was shown  on the The One Show, BBC1, Wednesday 13th March 2024. Produced by Chalk Production for the BBC.

THE SUMMIT PAINTINGS : MONT BLANC EXHIBITION OCTOBER 2023 

CROMWELL PLACE, SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDOn. 

 An exhibition of paintings based on James's painting expedition to the summit of Mont Blanc in 2022.

View and read about the Mont Blanc exhibition and project

The project and the paintings are recorded in a 140 page colour illustrated book which is available to purchase from John Mitchell Fine Paintings.

THE OBSERVER NEWSPAPER  3 September 2023

Based on James's recent exhibition 'The summit paintings : Mont Blanc,' the article, by Joanna Moorehead,  focused on the aspects of climate change that the expedition encountered.

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BBC RADIO 4 SATURDAY LIVE  8 September 2023

James talked briefly about his life as a landscape/mountain painter. Accompanied  by film footage from his 2022 expedition to paint on the summit of Mont Blanc.

Listen and watch

MINT THEATRE, 42nd STREET, NEW YORK  DECEMBER 2023

'Partnership', a play by Elizabeth Baker, was performed at the Mint Theatre, New York, during November/December 2023. The play is set in the South Downs, UK, and tackles the issues of work-life balance. The stage design, by Alexander Woodward, featured one of James's South Downs paintings, framed to fill the entire stage such that the play is set within the painting.

See James's South Downs paintings.

COUNTRY LIFE 28.11.23 

'The English country house as seen in the art of Turner, Constable and their modern-day successors' by Michael Prodger. James featured as one of two living artists chosen to represent the genre today and his  painting of Chettle House is illustrated in the article.

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View James's country house paintings