A gold-medal-winning sculptor and painter, Jim was born in Chicago in 1968 and has been married to Melissa Arceneaux of Thibodaux, Louisiana for 31 years. A former U.S. Army Physician Assistant (PA), after his second combat tour in Iraq and 21 years of service, he retired to life as a civilian PA. Although he is retired, he continues to practice Emergency Medicine part-time and lives in a small country town known as Raceland, Louisiana. Together with Brett Avants, he runs SABOT Miniatures Although they are only 45 minutes west of New Orleans, they enjoy the country atmosphere. When Jim is not helping run SABOT Miniatures, and he has done several small “light boxes” like those seen here.

The Keykeeper; photo by Penny Meyer at MFCA 2023.

Photo by Penny Meyer at MFCA 2023.