James Torlakson

James "Jim" Daniel Torlakson (born February 19, 1951) is an American visual artist and educator, known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio prints. He is based in Pacifica, California, a coastal city near San Francisco.

Early life and family James Daniel Torlakson was born in San Francisco, California on February 19, 1951. His brother is American politician Tom Torlakson. before completing a Masters of Arts degree in 1975 at San Francisco State University.

His daughter Elizabeth died at age 21, after walking into a BART tunnel in 2004.

Work He was a professor of printmaking and visual art at City College of San Francisco, His oils, watercolors, aquatint etchings and drawings have been exhibited nationally since 1971 within United States and internationally.

He has works housed in the collections of many American museums, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Oakland Museum of California, the Brooklyn Museum, Rhode Island School of Design Museum; New York Public Library’s print collection, the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Museum of Art, the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Library of Congress, Denver Art Museum, and the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.