James creates an artistic performance called Presence Painting Performance (3P). It’s a new type of portraiture, an augmented portrait to catch the presence of the model. For each painting James invites a new person-model whose presence inspires him. Here, James met the model C. "The Girl met in a champagne house"during a contemporary art exhibition in the cellars of the Pommery champagne house in Reims ( Fr).Since 2006, he has produced 100 unique artistic performances. Concretely what’s Presence Painting Performance? It’s an augmented portrait and a disruptive form of model representation, an assemblage work combining different medias: an XL matrix painting 200x170cm / 78,7x66,9in which is the masterpiece, a series of paintings on small papers, photos of the person-model in front of the painting, photos of the artworks staged in the studio, videos of the painting session. There is always an original spatial and artistic device : camera, remote control, video screen, egg chair 360°. All these artworks allow James to capture and restore the presence of the model.