Biography
John has been working as an artist off and on for over thirty five years. After he graduated from BU School of Fine Arts, he apprenticed as a goldsmith for a year, and began his own business as a jeweler in South Yarmouth, Mass. He closed his business after five years and he and his family moved back to upstate New York, where he had grown up. There, John worked as an art administrator, using his skills to hang shows and start programs, but it was not until almost ten years later that he began to paint again in earnest.
Though his previous work had been abstract and figurative, his art evolved very quickly into interpretive landscapes of the farmland and hills that made up his immediate surroundings.
Events of the past few years have led John to concentrate even more on his passion for painting. Not only is he more prolific than ever, but his style has changed and evolved, making his paintings more personal, and at the same time more universal, than ever.
Education
Swain School of Design, Diploma in Painting
Boston University School of Fine Arts, BFA
Solo Exhibits
William Crapo Gallery, New Bedford MA
Cape Cod Community College, Hyannis MA
Delaware County Historical Society, Delhi NY
Catskill Watershed Committee Offices, Margaretville NY
Andes Society for History and Culture, Andes NY
Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury NY
Two to Four Person Exhibits
MURAL Gallery, Stamford NY
Andes Hotel, Andes NY
Group Exhibits
Art Society of Kingston, Kingston NY
Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock NY
Rhode Island Arts Festival, Providence RI
Concord Library, Concord MA
Erpf Catskill Cultural Center, Arkville NY
Andes Society for History and Culture, Andes NY
Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury NY
Jericho Arts Center, Jericho NY
New Bedford Museum of the Arts, New Bedford MA
Northeast Crafts Fair (Jewelry), Rhinebeck NY
Awards
New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization grant 1992
New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization grant 2003
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