Art on a Postcard x St Wilfrid's Hospice: The Postcards II

About

Working from his studio in East Sussex, John creates haunting landscape paintings lost in some not-so-distant future. Through his work, John plays with the idea of exploring and documenting the demise of a fictitious world. This demise comes in the form of presenting the viewer with a surreal and extreme narrative on the current global strain placed on finite resources. It is this strain that allows him to create work focused on the notion of our transition into a new human induced geological epoch called the Anthropocene. Through the medium of painting John creates a narrative that commentates and documents the increasingly complex control and use of resources. Imagery is focused on landscapes of ecological importance and scenes based on his personal experiences from growing up in and around the Teutoburger Wald in North-West Germany.

Education

Fine Art at Loughborough University

Select Exhibitions/Awards

2023
Cambridge Contemporary Art Summer Exhibition
Transplant Links Community, Deck of Cards
2018
Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2017
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2016
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Transplant Links Community, Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington 
Discerning Eye Winners Exhibition, Temple Church, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London 
2015
The National Open Art Competition, Royal College of Art, London
2014
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2013 
Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
Young Artist Award, Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London

Gallery Representation

Jill George Gallery

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork

For this AOAP series, I wanted to achieve a sense of escape and peace. I've always loved the idea of living by mountains and having a window with a view over nature at its most grand. They are simple landscapes but with a great depth that feel like they are in reach but are always in the distance.

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