BROTHER JAMES (aka BJ)
Age: 33
Artistic Shtick: PAINTER
Every morning at noon, you’ll see native the North-Carolinian, Brother James, haul his paintings down to Bedford Avenue between North 5th and 4th Streets where he will set-up his street gallery. Here, he will hack his art until dusk, whereupon he will return to his studio lair. An Art Major in School, BJ initially moved to New York to gain access to the Gallery scene; somehow, mystically, he found himself wearing a suit, knee-deep in the Market Research Industry. After two years of tirelessly recruiting focus groups for pharmaceutical companies and very little painting, he quit his job and pledged to support himself solely by selling his paintings. This decision was made four months ago: thus far, he has sustained himself on a diet of hot-dogs, homemade lemonade, Coors Banquet Beer, and Samson Tobacco. All four of his credit cards have defaulted, and he owes his landlord for five months. He has sold one painting to date.
