John Morris, born in Dublin, Ireland in 1958 is a full-time plein-air painter in realist style of reflected light on water. He lives in County Limerick, where he works out of his studio at his house in Abbeyfeale, close to the landscape that he paints. He has been married for 19 years and has three children.

Morris began painting in 1997 with no formal training in drawing. His works include a wide variety of waterscapes, seascapes, and rural landscapes, as well as townscapes such as his recent outstanding views of Venice. All these subjects are captured en plein air in a semi- Impressionist style.

Like many Impressionist landscape painters, Morris intends his paintings to convey two things: first, h...