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James Naccarato was born in Kingston, New York and raised in California. At a young age, he took a strong interest in 16th and 17th Century classical painting, cubism, and surrealism. Growing up, Naccarato was inspired by California culture and identified with street art, comics, and various underground art movements. He attended the Laguna College of Art and Design where he studied Fine Art and Illustration and developed his signature style of painting. Naccarato is known for his colorful and playful creatures who often have a fictional quality to them, and at the same time feel very natural, organic and possibly preternatural — perhaps even ‘real.”
