JAMES F. MAGUIRE was born July 11, 1932 in Belmont, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. His family has deep roots in Belmont, and in 1950 Jim graduated with honors from the Belmont Vocational High School. Immediately he began devoting his young life to the construction business, working as both a carpenter and a cabinetmaker. Naturally ambitious, he worked his way up the business ladder — serving as foreman, superintendent, construction manager and, finally, as president of a large public corporation. At the age of 40, he decided to develop his long-time interest in art. Since his hobbies had been poetry and photography, his first project, successfully combining these interests, was the little book, "Come Walk With Me." Contemplating a second book, he visualized illustrations that were sketches, not photographs. Determined to do them himself, he began teaching himself graphics. The second book never materialized. Instead, Jim began rendering a never-ending stream of beautiful black and white art work. These creations begin with a technique of ink pointillism. With incredible patience, using a small crow-quill pen, he applies hundreds of thousands of individual ink dots to form various images. Each Maguire original on a 10" by 14" sheet takes from 25 40 hours, depending upon its individual complexity. Work done in this technique is usually reproduced on an offset press and made available for sale. Jim also puts his India ink to work in a wide variety of ways, using pens, brushes, sponges and other improvised tools. Some of this work is developed with ink and ink washes much like water colors. This work is rarely reproduced as prints, but instead is sold in its original form. Jim refuses most commission work, exceptions being architectural renderings from photographs which he produces in pen and ink. He says he greatly enjoys these excursions. No doubt his pleasure in these can be attributed to his extensive construction background . Jim has been involved in many one-man shows and has come away from judged art shows and competitions with awards too numerous to list. The pleasure he derives from his work is reflected in its extraordinary quality.