Inspiration for John's art and design comes through early life in New England, before relocation to Vancouver Island, nearly a decade of life overseas in Thailand and Hong Kong, at last "coming home" to the Oaklands Rise Woonerf in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
This gallery provides a sample of works to illustrate his scope of interest including works in acrylic, line & wash, and digital media. Multi-media and soft pastel explorations are underway now.
John's creative works include artworks, paintings, sketches, objects and products such as furnishings and features found in private collections in Canada, Cyprus, Hong Kong and Russia.
Good fortune rises as koi swim in tropical waters. Painted
in Hong Kong as a tribute to hope and optimism during the SARS
pandemic, this work is timely to us during the current coronavirus pandemic. It speaks of hope in the darkest of times.
Acrylic. Private collection.
Slate & Timber
Retrospective collection, early works inspired by family history and Black Forest tales.
Line and wash; graphite.
Love, grounded
This painting represents separation from loved ones and the confusion that can create risk in relationships torn, not by discord, but by distance. Seemingly grounded on a hill, love's reach is far, and constant.
Acrylic with pastel highlights.
Vision for Ah Pad, Hong Kong
Developed for a leading horticultural entrepreneur bringing organic food to rooftops and restaurants in Hong Kong, the brief was to utilize shipping containers to incorporate educational, office and living spaces.
CAD, Sketchup Pro
John provides concept design & project planning for clients in a wide ranging of projects. The overall project scope may be as small as $500 CAD and in the range of $3 million CAD requiring a longer engagement with a significant contribution to the outcome. A hallmark project overseas involved architectural re-visioning, interiors and furniture design for a villa in Limasol, Cyprus.
Drawings may be available by commission. Arrangements for a fuller project role may be negotiating according to scope.
Services include research, sourcing, project design lead, interiors, exteriors and lighting design services (display, art conservation, event).
Urban Harvest
Fall harvest in Victoria, B.C. at the small urban orchard of Garden Oaks Fine Accommodation where John is Design and Client Relations Lead.
