Photo Credit: John Walker

About john

I am an artist and architect living in Charlotte, NC. I grew up in a small river valley borough in gritty western Pennsylvania steel country and received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Penn State. Wanting to experience big city life, I worked in Washington, DC for 5 years before getting married and relocating to Charlotte over 4 decades ago. Charlotte has proven to be the ideal location for both professional opportunities and a vibrant arts scene.

I paint abstracted cityscapes. I work primarily in oil with palette knives. The medium and the tools are conducive to building rich textures and more spontaneity in paint application and expression. My constant challenge is to set aside my professional training and eye for detail to abstract the composition and freely explore the complex maze of materials, shapes, forms, colors and reflections that any composition yields.