John is a British realist artist working mainly in gouache, pastels and graphite pencil.
His paintings & drawings across a range of subject areas; reveal John’s interest in the beauty of textures, surfaces, shape, light and shadow, and how they interact to bring us the beauty to be found in not just the natural world, but even the man-made environment.
General
John is a professional artist, working part-time from his home studio.
He has been selling his speculative artworks and producing commissioned pieces for almost 50 years.
He is proud of never having had a dissatisfied client and always strives for 100% satisfaction.
Welcomes new commissions and enquiries.
CV
Has been working mainly on commissioned pieces for a number of years and is also currently working on speculative pieces for opens submissions and to display in galleries.
Regularly submits speculative pieces into open calls through ArtOpps and directly. These include most recently The Royal Society of Marine Artists and The Discerning Eye.
Has and continues to take part in events such as arts trails : eg Belper Arts Trail, Sherwood Art Week.
Has 40 year associations and excellent relationships with two gallery owners who show his works in the West Midlands and Cambridgeshire..
In July 2008, John’s painting, Low Tide, was selected for exhibition at the prestigious Royal Watercolour Society & Sunday Times Watercolour Competition exhibition. The piece sold at the exhibition’s preview held at The Bankside Gallery, the then home to the RWS.
In 1997, John exhibited and sold at the Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. His painting of Lichfield Cathedral was selected and sold during that show’s preview.
He has also shown work at the Friends of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Open Exhibition.
Gained a BA in Visual Communication Studies in 1983