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Artwork by John Barrows

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About John Barrows

John Barrows SIGNATURE ARTIST JOHN BARROWS SWA AND WHY HE LIKES PLEIN AIR PAINTING Artist John Barrows started painting at age 5. At age eight he studied the Jon Gnagy (Famous Artists School) books. He took art classes from 7th grade through seven years of college where he got a degree in traditional illustration from the San Francisco Academy of Art University. He is a perpetual student constantly looking for something new to learn that will further his skills as an artist. He’s a member of four different art societies, has taken over fifty art classes, taken around ten art workshops, subscribes to two art magazines, and has over two hundred art books. After graduating he studied in Italy as a mentee by Fiorello Tossoni, who taught him the classic techniques of 19th Century Macchioli plain air oil painters. He has experience with most mediums but always returns to traditional oil paint as his preferred one. John experiments with his work in realms of both realism and fantasy. From illustration to fine art, his work can include the strange and imaginative as well as what’s familiar to everyday life. He enjoys Plein Air painting (Alla Prima) the most because he loves nature and all of the components are there unlike with illustration. The demands of being an illustrator has greatly developed his drawing skills. Plein Air painting has further developed his ability to work alla prima. To keep his skills sharp John draws at least an hour a day, every day. He’s a firm believer that drawing is the most important component of representational art followed by composition /design. Color / Value being composition /designs main component. His painting method is to do a realistic representation yet be painterly by allowing the brush or palette knife strokes to show. This way there’s the most connection to nature and to the artist. Education: BFA in Illustration from the San Francisco Academy of Art University Studied the techniques of the Old Masters with the Italian master painter Fiorello Tosoni, in Todi Italy. Master Tosoni commented that John chose difficult subject matter but did it well. 2012 Student participant at The Illustration Master Class, focusing on Science Fiction and Fantasy artwork Gallery Exhibitions: Society of Western Artists, Redwood City, CA 2012-Present June-August 2012 62nd Annual Exhibition, Who’s Watching?, oil painting December-January 2012 Exhibit, Sailing at Alcatraz, oil painting Graduation art show at the San Francisco Academy of Art college gallery. Private exhibition of his work at the Periwinkle Art Gallery The Old Firehouse gallery where he received several first and second place awards. Exhibition at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, CA. Art-Bias, where he has his studio The Coastal Arts League Other Experience: Art director for the movie It’s a Digital World filmed at Universal Studios. The movie shows several paintings that John did for it. Over twenty years of freelancing with illustration and fine art. Clients Include: Imitationfruit.com, Electronic Arts, Circle S Sales, The Periwinkle Art Gallery, J.W. Associates, Epyx, Coolhand Interactive, Z-Axis, Lucas Arts, Ceridus, The 3DO Company, J.W. Associates, Anvil, The Spindrift Players, Channel 8 News, Sunset Magazine, SFSF E-Zine, Western Exterminator, The Periwinkle Art Gallery, SiliCon, BayCon, Black Swan Press, The Burlingame Scottish Rite and Masonic lodge, many private commissions, art-Bias