John is a self-taught artist from Leeds in the north of England. In 1987 he moved to the Cayman Islands where he began to paint in pastels. Bright colours were everywhere and John used the vibrant tones of the soft pastels to capture the brilliance of the scenes.
Within one year John's works were in high demand. The major banks, the island's Governor, and the National Museum were quick to acquire his paintings. The first exhibition in which John's paintings were displayed was a sell-out within three hours. He won three Visual Arts awards the following year and hosted a highly successful solo exhibition.
In 1989, as demand continued to rise, John released his first three sets of limited edition prints and tried to keep up with the demand for his originals, which by then included watercolours. Over the years, as John travelled through the Caribbean he became familiar with some of the other islands. The British Virgin Islands were the inspiration for five sets of prints, making a total of nineteen limited editions to date.
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John - "At work" As his art developed, John began painting in acrylics and brought out his first prints of acrylic paintings in 1996. By this time his paintings were beginning to sell throughout the Caribbean. Towards the end of the 90's John began painting in oils and produced the prints 'Coconut Tree'and '7-Mile' Beach. In 2001 John returned to England where he occasionally paints English scenes in addition to Caribbean pieces. John's paintings and prints of Caribbean scenes can now be found in galleries in Grand Cayman, St. John, St. Maarten, Tortola and the USA. His latest print is 'Smith Cove', from an original pastel. |