Paul James has been painting and capturing images with photography for over 15 years as a means of expression of his thoughts and moods. He takes very few pictures of the ‘real world’, even on holiday or social events. Prevalence of mobile devices with camera’s and social media means that the real world is well documented by everyone living in it. He would prefer not to be one of them.He is interested in large scale non-representative abstract paintings and photography that express dynamism, starkness and abstractness of life. He has active closed eye hallucinations – random patterns, images and colour when the eyes are closed. Some of his abstract works are a representation of this. He employs his knowledge of mathematics and background in electronics, music, media and computer programming in some of his multimedia artwork.