James Castle: Portrait of an Artist
James Castle: Portrait of an Artist renders Castle's life and creative process, as told by family members, art historians, curators, artists, collectors and members of the deaf community. A true case of triumph of the spirit, James Castle's story is one of monumental achievement. Castle used drawings to examine everything in sight. With a mixture of stove soot and his own saliva on tips of sharpened sticks he recorded his immediate surroundings, the interior and exterior of his house, the shed, the barn, in drawings with perfect perspective. Layered with images of the Boise Basin, vernacular architecture and the artwork themselves, the film unfolds episodically revealing a sensitive portrait of Castle: his rustic milieu, his tangible isolation and his prolific art production.
Directed by Jeffrey Wolf
Produced by Foundation for Self-taught American Artists
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