Works inspired by travels, life experiences and different moods of color and textures both old and new.  With an art background that includes drawing, painting, etching, mixed media paintings and computer graphics, we are constantly collecting ideas.  John uses a variety of media including water based ink, acrylic paints, oil sticks, carbon pencils, and computer generated imagery, to complete these one of a kind paintings.

Although this is not an exhaustive portfolio, I hope this give you inspiration into your next piece of artwork for your space.

Monochromatic Elephant

Playing with monochromatic water colors, I tried to capture both the depth and texture of the GOP mascot.  Elephant perspectives are quite interesting as their joints are not any way similar to the human anatomy.  I tried to keep the simplicity of as little water color as possible.   Adding a little more detail with an ink pen brought the depth to life.  

 

Bistro

On of the oldest paintings I’ve done in acrylic.  A set of three for a dining / kitchen area.  The colors were picked to liven the area and the somewhat imperial trellis vine design matched the silverware.  The concept was to be an Italian Bistro with a modern deco shape.

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You Are My Sunshine…Black Eyed Susan

You are my sunshine.  Well, almost.  A splash of Black Eyed Susan color to pop off a dull wall.  This 36″ x 48″ acrylic piece was meant to allow the onlooker to imagine what they would regarding the sunflower.  Both Expressionism and Fauvism are characterized by their use of bold, unrealistic colors chosen not to depict life as it is, but rather, as it feels or appears to the viewer.

 

Moonlight Solis

Solis is a Spanish name that comes from the Latin “sol”, literally meaning sun.  This 24″ 48″ piece was was painted backwards on a pane of glass to get the gloss and depth of distant light.  Utilizing a combination of translucent and opaque paint, it allows light from behind to filter through the glass and highlight silhouettes.  The diaphanous highlights burst through the glass’s thick panes lessening the darkness of night, but not so bright as to dull the shooting beams glittered in the sky above.

 

Lover’s Bridge

Completed in two washings.  A watercolor wash, flat or blended, needs to be brushed quickly and evenly across the paper surface to achieve a smooth uniform result.  You must control the level of wetness of your brush and paper, and you can’t waste time or you risk ruining the wash.  Washes are said to be one of the fundamental techniques in watercolor painting, and they can be difficult to master!  Apparently, I got lucky only having to do two on this piece.