John is an energetic outdoor painter who works almost exclusively in oils and is stimulated by the strong light of the Australian landscape. He is particularly enthusiastic about the districts from the Blue Mountains to Mudgee in The Central West artistically. He enjoys painting the landscape from life, “en plein air”, and engages in regular painting trips to country locations. John lives in the village of Mulgoa on the western fringes of Sydney, providing a lot for an artist to digest both aesthetically and culturally as a central location for the Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Sydney.
John has won many awards for his artworks and has held nineteen very successful solo exhibitions and numerous joint exhibitions. He has works in private collections throughout Australia and abroad and is a Fellow of the Royal Art Society. John has almost forty years teaching experience and is regularly called upon to conduct workshops and demonstrations for art societies and judge exhibitions.
Recent Exhibitions
May 2015 Sasafrass Creek, Kurrajong
June 2015 Fairview Art Space, Mudgee
April 2016 CStudios Gallery, Newcastle
May 2016 Gallery ONE88 Fine Art, Katoomba
September 2019 Gallery ONE88 Katoomba
December 2019 Gallery ONE88 Katoomba
December 2020 Gallery ONE88 Katoomba
December 2021 Gallery ONE88 Katoomba
Recent Work With Art Societies
2015
May 23-24 Mulgoa studio workshop
June 9 Demo Macquarie Towns AS
June 13 Demo Oatley 101 AS
June 17 Demo Baulkham Hills Art Group
June 26 Demo Bankstown AS
June 28 Workshop Parramatta AS
July 19 Workshop Fairview Art Space, Mudgee
August 6 Demo Liverpool AS
August 9-11 Workshop Mulgoa studio
August 17 Demo Randwick AS
September 2 Demo Castle Hill AS
September 10 Judge Oatley 101 AS annual exhibition
September 12 Opened Nepean AS annual exhibition
October 4 Workshop Macquarie Towns AS
October 25 Workshop Oatley 101 AS
December 5-7 Mulgoa studio workshop
2016
March 14 Demo Hornsby AS
April 29 Judge Randwick AS annual exhibition
May 26 Judge Macquarie Towns AS annual exhibition
May 28-29 Workshop Gallery ONE88 Katoomba
June 2 Demo Liverpool AS
June 25-26 Workshop Arttime Supplies, Ipswich
August 28 Workshop Hornsby AS
September 2-3 Workshop Newcastle Society of Artists
November Workshop Gallery ONE88 Katoomba