Canadian-born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, James M. Clow received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Regina in 1988, followed by a classical animation diploma from Ontario’s Sheridan College. After graduation, he spent over 20 years as a film animator living in Germany, England and the west coast of Canada. James animated for such companies as Universal pictures, Walt Disney and Dreamworks SKG, working for Steven Spielberg, Gary Larson and others. James returned to the prairies in 2001 to further his animation career as a teacher in Saskatoon, but more importantly to be closer to home. He became both an artist and a miner, working with an underground production crew to excavate potash from a mine near Colonsay, Saskatchewan. Many of his artistic works showcase his natural surroundings, birds, animals, prairie landscapes, sky and the circular grooves left in the rock walls by the potash miner deep below the surface of the prairie. His award-winning work can be found in public, corporate and private collections In Canada, the U.S., Britain, Europe, Singapore and Australia.