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Terry St John BIOGRAPHY
Born 1934 Sacramento, California. Known for: Figurative, landscape-abstraction.
A painter of large-scale landscapes, Terry St. John does semi-abstract work that shows a delight in vibrant hues and bold swaths with the brush. Favorite colors have been Fauve reds, blues, purples... Read full biography
A painter of large-scale landscapes, Terry St. John does semi-abstract work that shows a delight in vibrant hues and bold swaths with the brush. Favorite colors have been Fauve reds, blues, purples and greens. Often figures appear in the landscape. He grew up in Berkeley, California, and has... Read full biography
A painter of large-scale landscapes, Terry St. John does semi-abstract work that shows a delight in vibrant hues and bold swaths with the brush. Favorite colors have been Fauve reds, blues, purples and greens. Often figures appear in the landscape. He grew up in Berkeley, California, and has maintained a studio in Oakland for many years. In the mid 1970s, he became a plein-air painter, going on many excursions with Lundy Siegriest, a noted Bay Area artist of the California out-of-doors movement... Read full biography
A painter of large-scale landscapes, Terry St. John does semi-abstract work that shows a delight in vibrant hues and bold swaths with the brush. Favorite colors have been Fauve reds, blues, purples and greens. Often figures appear in the landscape. He grew up in Berkeley, California, and has maintained a studio in Oakland for many years. In the mid 1970s, he became a plein-air painter, going on many excursions with Lundy Siegriest, a noted Bay Area artist of the California out-of-doors movement of the 1920s and 30s. From Siegriest, he adopted the dictum, "keep it simple.". He has worked on site at the Berkeley marina, in the Napa Valley, and on Mount Diablo. Source:. Andrew Long, "Keep on Truckin", Art & Antiques, March 1999... Read full biography
A painter of large-scale landscapes, Terry St. John does semi-abstract work that shows a delight in vibrant hues and bold swaths with the brush. Favorite colors have been Fauve reds, blues, purples and greens. Often figures appear in the landscape. He grew up in Berkeley, California, and has maintained a studio in Oakland for many years. In the mid 1970s, he became a plein-air painter, going on many excursions with Lundy Siegriest, a noted Bay Area artist of the California out-of-doors movement of the 1920s and 30s. From Siegriest, he adopted the dictum, "keep it simple.". He has worked on site at the Berkeley marina, in the Napa Valley, and on Mount Diablo. Source:. Andrew Long, "Keep on Truckin", Art & Antiques, March 1999... Read full biography
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A painter of large-scale landscapes, Terry St. John does semi-abstract work that shows a delight in vibrant hues and bold swaths with the brush. Favorite colors have been Fauve reds, blues, purples and greens. Often figures appear in the landscape.
He grew up in Berkeley, California, and has maintained a studio in Oakland for many years. In the mid 1970s, he became a plein-air painter, going on many excursions with Lundy Siegriest, a noted Bay Area artist of the California out-of-doors movement of the 1920s and 30s. From Siegriest, he adopted the dictum, "keep it simple."
He has worked on site at the Berkeley marina, in the Napa Valley, and on Mount Diablo.
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