Fireblood (Painting by J.A.M)

One-of-one original acrylic on canvas. Painted November 27, 2006 by James Austin Murray at ten years old. Title written across the top in the artist’s own hand. Signed JAMES-MURRAY and dated 11-27-06 on the reverse.
A raw red field is cut with black slashes and struck with white paint — energy before technique, instinct before polish. Twenty years later the same artist records under the name JAM NOW. Fireblood is the earliest known large work from that line: a child’s painting that already looks like a statement.
Details
• Artist: James Austin Murray (J.A.M. / JAM NOW)
• Created: November 27, 2006 · artist age 10
• Medium: Acrylic on stretched canvas (unframed as photographed)
• Marks: “FIRE BLOOD” on face; “Date: 11-27-06” and “JAMES-MURRAY” on reverse
• Edition: Unique original. Not a print. Not reproduced.
• Provenance: Held in the artist’s family collection since 2006
• Asking price: $1,499 (or as low as $72/month via shop financing)
Why it matters. Most “child art” is a keepsake. This one is a first chapter. Collectors who follow JAM NOW — albums, signed guitars, live work — can own the earliest documented painting from the same hand. Scarcity is real: there is only one Fireblood.