John is an artist and architect living in Charlotte.  He grew up in a small river valley borough in gritty western Pennsylvania steel country and received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Penn State. Wanting to experience big city life, he worked in Washington, DC for five years before getting married and relocating to Charlotte over four decades ago.  Charlotte has proven to be the ideal location for both professional opportunities in architecture and a vibrant arts scene.     
 
John paints abstracted cityscapes. His training as an architect influences his work as an artist and his unique approach to creating cityscapes. He is interested in how various levels of abstraction enable vastly different moods and emotional connections, enabling the viewer to fill in the piece based on their personal experiences.

He works primarily in oil with palette knives. The medium and the tools are conducive to building rich textures and more spontaneity in paint application and expression. His constant challenge is to set aside his professional training and eye for detail to abstract the composition and freely explore the complex maze of materials, shapes, forms, colors and reflections that any composition in the built environment yields.

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