James Reid Trippe was born in New York, 1962. Jim graduated from New Trier High School, Winnetka, Il. in 1980, and then Ithaca College in 1985.
In High school he worked part time at Associated Audio Visual Corp., Evanston, Il, played varsity hockey and Lacrosse, (received the high scorer award). and performed locally with his band. In college he worked at Pyramid Sound Recording, Ithaca, NY and CMC Films, New York, NY. After graduating, he founded Audio Visual Arts, 110 Hudson St, New York, NY. Clients included Pyramid Sound, Anthrax Live, Bobby Brown, Chris Stein / Debbie Harry, David Beal / Michael Shrieve, Dan Hartman, Joe Cocker, Peter Gabriel, MCW featuring "Lenny Kravitz", Force MD's, The Burn Sisters, Dick Scott Entertainment / MCA / Tiffany, Motown / L. Cope, Ballet Hispanico, Paramount-Famous, plus many more
In 1987 the company moved to 146 West 57th St, providing audio and location support services to the film and television industry. Clients included National Geographic, "Exhibit Tech" U2 / "live at Yankee Stadium", Peterman/Dektor "Paul Newman at Lime Rock", Fuji Film Spot "Sting", Estee Lauder "Paulina", HBO "Gram Chapman" EUE Screengems, "Molly Dodd", NBC / SNL Film Unit, Conde Naste "Grace Mirabella", music video projects include: CBS Records/Propaganda Films-"Bruce Springsteen", Classic Concepts "Public Enemy", "LL Cool J", "Naughty By Nature", Joan Jett, Duran Duran, Metallica, Ace Frehley, Shelia E. plus many more. Print clients include: Bloomingdales, J. Crew, and Cosmopolitan.
In 1989 Jim moved to Greenwich, CT, providing original music for film and video. Projects included the song "Spex" for the feature film "Misplaced" featuring David Torn on Guitar, also "Day Dream 2603", for Adirondack Entertainment, "Faith for Two", Park Side Films, "Out Dancing" Radar Records, and "Shadow Puppets" Harbor Associates, plus many more (see Attikus.com)
In 1994, Jim began to focus on photography and painting: exhibitions included shows at the Roger Smith Gallery, NYC, NY, and the Sundance Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY. In 1995, Jim traveled Western America creating the photography book "Chasing Light", and exhibited at the Indian Field Gallery, Greenwich, CT. In 1996, Jim lived in the Bahamas, creating paintings and prints, for the book "Harbour Island", exhibiting at Princess Street Gallery, and the Landing, Harbour Island. In 1997, Jim lived in Amagansett, NY, creating paintings and prints for the book "Peconic County", exhibiting at the Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT and Estia, Amagansett, NY. In 1998, Jim moved back to Greenwich, creating paintings and prints for the book "Works on Paper", exhibiting in galleries in the Northeast. In 2000, Jim began touring, doing art shows from Beverly Hills, to Key West, Fl.
In 2001, Jim completed the book "Abstract Impressions". His artwork's are now on almost every continent, and his mp3 "When I See You Again" and "Out Dancing" have been downloaded more than 750,000 times. His paintings are in the private collections of Alec Baldwin, Daryl Hall, Dan Hartman, Joe Gibbs, Rachel Ward, Starbucks, artist Bai Ji Kong, John Harris, and many others. Jim continues to show artwork around the country, and create music. He has won awards at Florida's largest festivals; Sunfest in Palm Beach, and The Delray Affair, Delray Beach. Also "Best in Show" The Waveny Carriage House Gallery, New Canaan, CT, White Plains Art Festival, NY, The Art Society of Old Greenwich, Ct. and others.
Trivia: Jim Trippe is the grandson of Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American World Airways, and the great nephew of Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Jr., under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, serving from 1944 to 1945. Also related to Lieutenant John Trippe, the Captain of USS Vixen Inspiring the first USS Trippe a sloop in the United States Navy during the War of 1812, followed by the USS Trippe (DD-33), USS Trippe (DD-403), and the USS Trippe (FF-1075)
file links: (all music mp3's composed, engineered, and performed by Jim Trippe) http://www.attikus.com/music/media01/Jim_Trippe_Good_To_Be_Out.mp3 http://www.attikus.com/music/media01/Jim_Trippe_I_ll_Be_There.mp3 http://www.attikus.com/music/media02/Jim_Trippe_When_I_See_You.mp3 http://www.jimtrippe.com/Jim_Trippe_Abstract_Impressions_77-99.pdf http://www.jimtrippe.com/Jim_Trippe_Eastern_Long_Island_98-08.pdf http://www.jimtrippe.com/Jim_Trippe_Landscapes_03-08.pdf http://www.jimtrippe.com/Jim_Trippe_Waterscapes_03-08.pdf http://www.jimtrippe.com/Jim_Trippe_Works_on_Paper_83-03.pdf http://www.boathousepress.com/pdf/Harbour_Island-J_Trippe.pdf http://www.boathousepress.com/pdf/01_Chasing_Light_Trippe.pdf
ref:
http://www.artrider.com http://www.attikus.com http://www.artfestival.com/ http://www.artandseek.com http://cafe-artists.org http://www.graciesquareartshow.org http://www.montaukartistsassociation.org http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/07/style/blair-landau-is-married.html http://www.paragonartevents.com/ http://www.sonoarts.org http://www.sunfest.com http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-10395242-joy_gallery_key_west-i http://www.wptimes.com/round_town.php?viewspecific=1&storyid=1417 Naval Historical Center, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, List of United States Navy destroyers