About John Hanna

  • Biography

    From Fredericksburg, Texas, he is a native Texan who was an illustrator before turning to painting of still lifes, portraits, Western scenes and landscapes.
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    Source: From an article entitled "Cowgirls" by Heidi Brant in the Summer 2000 issue of InformArt Magazine

    "There are painters who try to glorify everything. To me, life is more interesting if you can look at it the way it is. If I can get that across in a painting, great. If I don't, well, I've failed. Everything has its own innate beauty, in either what it is or how it is done. If I can do it like I envision it (or come close), then I'm pleased." Then the artist quips, "But I'm not pleased very often."<...

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