James Hitchins is a self-taught artist born in Zimbabwe and raised in Zambia, Central Africa, with the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls on his doorstep. Inspired by the quiet moments on the Zambezi River as a wildlife enthusiast, he uses art as an experimental means of providing the observer with a subject in a black and white medium, bringing these pieces to life in unusual and unexpected ways. Unlike the concept of hyperrealism, where the object is often exactingly accentuated by enhancing vibrance using color, his work delicately mediates between using a play of light with white charcoal to produce imagery that allows the mind to add its own further vibrance, whether it be in color, light, or movement, resulting in an uncanny and surrealistic outcome.