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John’s painting career began while recovering from a serious hockey accident while playing Intercollegiate hockey in Toronto. Coming from a small town, he loved the great outdoors and a connection with nature which explains his preference for this type of subject matter.

John moved to B.C. from Ontario in 1967 and fell naturally in love with the West Coast.

He retired in 1999 as an elementary teacher after 26 years with the Vancouver School Board. He is an Education graduate of the University of British Columbia and a Business graduate of Ryerson Institute of Technology in Toronto.

Before retiring, and mostly during vacation time, John continued his love of painting. He also took extra credits in art at UBC and has since attended many workshops and demonstrations by noted artists, such as Gordon Smith, Mike Svob, Neil Patterson, Amanda Jones, Tony O’Regan, Arne Westerman, Jean Pederson, David Goatley etc. to enhance his skills. He has now completed over 700 oil and acrylic paintings.

His painterly landscapes focus on West Coast subject matter that have stimulated his interest because of their colour and contrasts in light. There has to be a mood or a special feeling that triggers his senses. Shorelines of trees, rocks, beaches, old buildings and boats is a popular theme. Travel subjects are presently on his agenda, as well as still-lifes and figurative works. Dense, vivid colours are used freely. He tries to capture a quiet moment of time that collectors (over 300) can appreciate and admire for a long time.

John continues to meet and paint with a small group of supportive and enthusiastic painters such as Larry Tillyer, David McHolm, Bob Heinrich, Dennis Magnusson, and Marvin Skelton. This group is called Men in Hats and the website is www.meninhats.ca.

He also enjoys changing older paintings to try out new ideas and teachings. Older paintings sometime get painted over when they don’t meet his demand for quality works.

It is discouraging for him to see how so much subject matter for his paintings has been destroyed in the name of progress.

John has just produced an art calendar with his plein air art group, www.meninhats.ca. Check the website for more information.

> John is presently showing paintings with members of the Jericho Tennis Club for the week starting November 19th. There is an open invitation to see these paintings at 5:30 on the 19th along with wine tasting from several wineries. Two of John’s paintings in the show are plein air pieces done at the Burrowing Owl Estate Winery. Bring a friend

John has a painting on display at the Vancouver International Airport and the Richmond Red Cross Medical Equipment office on Olafson Drive. He also has a painting on display at the office in Steveston of John Yap, one of our Richmond MLA’s

With "meninhats.ca" up and running, it should be another active year.

John had another successful week painting with group in the Sechelt area and another batch of plein air paintings were produced and soon to be displayed on his website.

John had another successful show while at Yellow Point Lodge in late August. With perfect weather happening, another group of plein air paintings were produced.

On the September 17th & 18th weekend, John participated in the Grand Prix of Steveston, a plein air painters competition where 65 artists from the Vancouver area and the island. Artists had 3 hours to complete a painting of a location in the Steveston village. At the exhibition of the art produced, John’s painting of the Tapenade Bistro was purchased by an admiring visitor. This is the second annual event for this and it has been a great success.

Now that the busy show events are over, he is looking forward to catching up on the unfinished work and updating the websites. New work will be in the works.

Thank you for visiting my shows. I hope you enjoyed what you saw.

John’s artwork is held in a number of public and many private collections mainly in Canada and the United States.

To date, John has produced nearly 800 oil and acrylic paintings. Over 300 of those have been purchased by very satisfied collectors.

Commissions are welcome. Also if you have special photos of something you would like to see as a painting, feel free to contact.

I am interested in having gallery representation. To view more of John’s inventory, contact him by phone or e-mail to make an appointment.

I can be commissioned to do a painting for you from your references. A number of things can be done to enhance a photo when creating a painting. I’d like to help you with this.

Richmond Artists Guild   This is an energetic group of artists mainly from the Richmond and Vancouver area. There are about 60 members who meet once a month for a meeting and demo. They have about four or five shows a years. They have life-drawing opportunities as well.

South Delta Artists Guild   This is an art group who show their work out of the Longhouse in Tsawwassen. There are about 160 active members that have monthly shows, monthly meetings and demos and offer workshops and life-drawing opportunities.