Artist James Broomfield has lived and painted for most of his life in Hertfordshire. During an early career in the Royal Air Force he studied Social Sciences and then Management at The University of Hertfordshire. Subsequently he gained a Master's Degree in Business Administration at Cranfield University and enjoyed interesting times in consulting and the global marketing of professional services. Now working as a professional
artist James' art education has included a foundation programme at The  Slade School, and undergraduate study at the University of Hertfordshire. In 2008 he studied painting at the Faculdade des Bellas Artes of the University of Lisbon.

His work is held in private collections in Great Britain, continental Europe, and in the United States. In recent times he has contributed  to a number of exhibitions in London and beyond, culminating in his first solo show in Mayfair in January 2008. Further solo exhibitions are planned in London and Lausanne in 2009.