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Vine Street, 16" x 20", Oil on canvas paper, unframed, mounted on board
Ohio River, 20" x 16", Oil on canvas paper, unframed, mounted on board
Mount Adams, 20" x 16", Oil on canvas paper, unframed, mounted on board
Ohio River Valley, 20" x 16", Oil on canvas paper, unframed, mounted on board
Clifton Fountain, 20" x16", Oil on canvas paper, unframed, mounted on board
Fountain Square, 16" x 20", Oil on canvas paper, unframed, mounted on board
Ohio River, 16" x 20", Oil on canvas paper, unframed, mounted on board
The Story
I met John in Chicago. He was breaking down his easel. You could see he was
an accomplished outdoor painter. The patina on his equipment was a soft neutral
gray, a combination of all the colors.
We exchanged numbers and in the following year I visited John in his hometown
of Portsmouth, England. Even though it was in January we painted outdoors every
day. I completed four canvases to his eight.
The fascinating thing about John is his incredible focus on creating art in
the vein of the old masters. He is constantly referring to quotes from the old
masters starting with the impressionists and going back to the renaissance
painters.
John's manner is closely aligned with the impressionists. He typically goes
out in the field and paints a canvas in quick strokes never pondering on the
subject. Once in the studio he sometimes wipes out the canvas since it failed to
pass muster. John also paints self portraits and works from a model in the same
quick "all at once" manner.
I have posted at auction his paintings from his last visit to Cincinnati. I
will have a reception at my home in Clifton for John on Thursday April 29th,
2004 from 4:30 to 7:30PM to show his past work and the new work he is sure to
do. E-mail me at
tom@lohre.com for info and directions. You must RSVP.
The works are posted on E-Bay with a starting bid of $1 with a low reserve.
You may well get an original for a song.
