“People often ask me how long I’ve been an artist, and my answer is that I’ve always been an artist, my earliest memories are of me painting both the world I saw around me and scenes from my imagination… and I knew from childhood that’s what I’d be doing with my life.”
Largely a self-taught artist, John’s talent and natural gift for drawing, painting and creating fine art were recognized at an early age and nurtured through a lifetime of practice and study. A student of both art technique and history his interests and influences range from ancient to modern day, and from many cultures world-wide.
John was born and raised in California and spent his early childhood in the forested mountains of northern California before moving to the coast as a teenager which began a lifelong connection with the ocean. Extensive travels around the world have helped create a connection to many different cultures and an appreciation of this amazing planet Earth.