Surrealist artwork by James Feathers
For several years, I've done live '60s-style
wet light-shows under the name akaruizaru
(明るい猿 / bright monkey).
Here, the same techniques are applied to print media.
Surrealist artwork by James Feathers
For several years, I've done live '60s-style
wet light-shows under the name akaruizaru
(明るい猿 / bright monkey).
Here, the same techniques are applied to print media.
Rapa Nui collection
Other subjects
Light-show projections
The Fifteen (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
This, the largest group of Moai statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), were restored to their original positions with great effort.
Print size: 24" x 18"
Selected for display in the exhibit:
Peripheral Vision-Divergent Travel Photography
Santa Cruz Art League
(November 2019-January 2020)
Fallen (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
The Moai in this image remains where it was toppled.
Print size: 17" x 10"
Restored (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
A restored Moai.
Print size: 28" x 14"
Moai Interrupted (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
The Moai in this image was close to completion, but never finished.
Print size: 24" x 15"
Tiki (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Place of Refuge, Island of Hawai'i.
Print size: 15" x 12"
All works © 2017-2025 by James Feathers
updated: 2025-03-04
site design: Know Future!
Light-show projections combined with Photographic subjects
In the Quarry (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Completed Moai statues remain in the quarry where they were carved on Rapa Nui.
Print size: 16" x 16"
Portrait (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Other Moai that remain in the quarry.
Print size: 14" x 17"
A Series of Vertical Objects (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Santa Cruz, California.
Print size: 17" x 10"
akaruizaru (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
wet light-show projection image
Live light-show projection. The text is on a transparency between the overhead projector stage and a bowl containing dyes in liquid.
Print size: 16" x 11"
IMG_2102 (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
wet light-show projection image
Live light-show projection.
Print size: 18" x 17"
Resist (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
wet light-show projection image with text
Political art.
Print size: 12" x 12"
Selected for display in the exhibit:
Spoken/Unspoken:
Art as Response/Artist as Catalyst
Porter Faculty Art Gallery
University of California, Santa Cruz
(February-March 2018)
Statue 1 (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Ancient tiger statue from China.
Print size: 18" x 14"
Statue 2 (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Same statue, different treatment.
Print size: 16" x 12"
Daibutsu (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Kamakura, Japan.
Print size: 17" x 16"
Night Life (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Print size: 17" x 16"
Into the Mists (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Inverness, Point Reyes, California.
Print size: 16" x 14"
Out of the Mists (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes, California.
Print size: 16" x 12"
Recent additions/updates
Remorse (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Tokyo, Japan.
Print size: 17" x 15"
Flight (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Monterey Bay Aquarium,
Monterey, California.
Print size: 13" x 15"
Spheres of Influence (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
wet light-show projection image
Live light-show projection.
Print size: 14" x 16"
Savor Kindness (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Venice, Italy.
Print size: 12" x 12"
And the Sky Full of Fish (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Avalon, California.
Print size: 15" x 15"
The Door (Mercy, for Humanity's Sake) (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Japantown, San Francisco, California.
Print size: 12" x 15"
If a Tree Falls (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Tragedy Springs area, Silver Lake, California.
Print size: 30" x 16"
Rise (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Iron Mountain area, Silver Lake, California.
Print size: 16" x 16"
Onset (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Caples Lake, California.
Print size: 16" x 13"
Blue Heat (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Iron Mountain area, Silver Lake, California.
Print size: 16" x 16"
Boundary (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Iron Mountain area, Silver Lake, California.
Print size: 16" x 16"
Flow (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Iron Mountain area, Silver Lake, California.
Print size: 16" x 16"
Foreboding (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Tragedy Springs area, Silver Lake, California.
Print size: 16" x 20"
2020-09-04: First printing (1 of 1) sold to raise funds as part of the CZU lightning fire relief effort.
Two Minutes (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
wet light-show projection image with graphic overlay
Political art.
For details regarding the Doomsday Clock, follow this link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock
Print size: 16" x 16"
Polychrome Preferred (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
wet light-show projection image
Live light-show projection.
Print size: 16" x 16"
An Offer (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
wet light-show projection image
Live light-show projection.
Print size: 16" x 16"
High Sierra collection
Still Life With Tulips (2017)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Print size: 18" x 18"
Two Towers (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome images with alpha-channel / overhead projector stage
Tokyo. Japan (2007, left).
Paris, France (2018, right).
Print size: 24" x 15"
Shine (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Hope Valley, California.
Print size: 18" x 24"
Last Light (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Hope Valley, California.
Print size: 18" x 24"
Aurora (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Hope Valley, California.
Print size: 24" x 15"
Another earth (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Hope Valley, California.
Print size: 16" x 16"
Beyond (2018)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Alternate version of Last Light
Hope Valley, California.
Print size: 18" x 24"
Also, visit James Feathers at First Friday Santa Cruz...
J-town (2019)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
San Francisco, California.
Print size: 18" x 24"
Eastern Sierra collection
West End (2019)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Vancouver, B.C.
Print size: 18" x 24"
Light and Silhouette (2019)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Vancouver, B.C.
Print size: 24" x 18"
Tipping the Wheel (2019)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Seattle, Washington.
Print size: 24" x 18"
Diameter (2019)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
wet light-show projection image
Live light-show projection.
Print size: 18" x 18"
Outside the Lines (2019)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
wet light-show projection image
Live light-show projection.
Print size: 20" x 20"
Only You (2019)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Projection-embellished poster image
Political art.
Print size: 16" x 16"
Shelter in Place (2020)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome line-art with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
foreground: public domain / artist unknown
background projection: 明るい猿
Print size: 18" x 24"
Essential Activities (2020)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Santa Cruz, California.
Print size: 15" x 15"
Beneath the Mirror (2020)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Woods Lake, California.
Print size: 16" x 16"
A 12" x 12" MetalPrint of this image appeared in Cabrillo Gallery's annual
12x12(x12) Open Invitational
(November 6 through December 8, 2023)
Shadows at Play (2021)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Santa Cruz, California.
Print size: 18" x 12"
Vancouver-Seattle collection
Running Hawk Escapes Black Hole (2022)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Santa Cruz, California.
Print size: 14" x 14"
A 12" x 12" print of this image appears in
Santa Cruz Art League's exhibit
Movement: A Moment in Time
(January 17 through February 22, 2025)
The same print of this image appeared in Cabrillo Gallery's annual
12x12(x12) Open Invitational
(November 4 through December 6, 2024)
War (2022)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
wet light-show projection image
Live light-show projection.
Print size: 17" x 17"
Fenced (2022)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Santa Cruz, California.
Print size: 13" x 15"
Tiki Revisited (2022)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Place of Refuge, Island of Hawai'i.
Print size: 15" x 16"
Dark lake (2022)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Lake Tahoe, California.
Print size: 20" x 16"
Not the northern lights (2022)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Lake Tahoe, California.
Print size: 17" x 12"
Bright woods (2022)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Lake Tahoe, California.
Print size: 12" x 15"
Chipmunk (2022)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Lake Tahoe, California.
Print size: 17" x 11"
The Thing in the Trees (2023)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Santa Cruz, California.
Print size: 17" x 17"
Doubled-up (2023)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Santa Cruz, California.
Print size: 13" x 13"
Year of the Dragon (2024)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Santa Cruz, California.
Print size: 12" x 16"
Last One on the Lot (2024)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Santa Cruz, California.
Print size: 16" x 16"
Solar Eclipse of 2024 (2024)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Multiple projections of the partial solar eclipse over a light-show image.
Santa Cruz, California.
Print size: 14" x 9"
Completed during COVID quarantine
(The Beneath the Mirror photo was the last one taken in the before-time, and the work was finished later)
Flight Revisited (2024)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel / wet light-show projection image
Monterey Bay Aquarium,
Monterey, California.
Print size: 12" x 12"
This image appeared in Cabrillo Gallery's annual 12x12(x12) Open Invitational
(November 4 through December 6, 2024)
L'église d'Auvers (2024)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image
Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
(with apologies to Vincent Van Gogh)
Print size: 18" x 14"
The GOP: Putting the Dick in Dictator since 1968.
Freak Show 2.0 (2025)
James Feathers / 明るい猿 (akaruizaru)
wet light-show projection image with text
Political art.
Print size: 12" x 12"
Boycott (2025)
James Feathers / 明るい猿
monochrome image with alpha-channel /
wet light-show projection image with text
Political art
Print size: 12" x 12"
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