Photo-Realist* painter John Salt was born in 1937 in Birmingham, England. He studied at the Birmingham College of Art, later at The Slade School of Art*, London. Salt moved to the United States in 1967, becoming a Photo-Realist after initially doing abstract* painting. His international exhibition venues include Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan and Switzerland.

John Salt's work was also included in the exhibition "Get Real: Contemporary American Realism from the Seavest Collection", in 1997, at the Duke University Museum of Art. A catalogue was also published. His paintings were exhibited, as well in "The Hidden Hand: John Salt", from December 12, 2003 to March 7, 2004, at the Southampton City Art Gallery, England.

Like most Photo-Realists, John Salt, who paints in both oil and watercolor, takes slides of his subject matter, which he projects onto canvas or paper, mechanically copying the image using stencils* and the airbrush* technique. Salt is best known for paintings that seek to create a mood like that of Edward Hopper in works depicting broken-down automobiles, trailers and appliances in rural American settings.

Source:
http://www.tullman.com/collection/salt_bio.asp
http://www.artregister.com/SeavestIntroductiontoCollection/Catalogue/SaltEssay.html
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/art/exhibitions.htm

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