James Alexander McKendry (born 30 September 1935) is an Irish artist.

Graduating in 1958 after 5 years study in Ireland

Ireland

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 and England

England

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, he is noted for his large scale commissioned sculptures and murals for churches and public buildings in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 and abroad. He designed the 60 foot copper frieze for the Northern Ireland American war memorial, which was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

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 in 1962.

In the early 1960s, he became a regular exhibitor with the young contemporaries annual group show in Dublin. Since then he has had several one-man shows and exhibits widely in many group exhibitions in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and abroad. In addition, 16 of his paintings have been published for the worldwide market.

For many years James McKendry has lived and worked internationally. He has travelled widely in Asia, Africa and the West Indies on assignment for the European Commission

European Commission

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, the Commonwealth Secretariat

Commonwealth Secretariat

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 and the British Council

British Council

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. Now resettled at Bushmills

Bushmills

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 in his native County Antrim

County Antrim

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, he paints Antrim's rugged coastline.