John Anderson, Jr.
National Caribbean American Heritage Month, 2017
John Anderson, Jr.
Exhibiting Artist
Calvary Episcopal Church
820 6th St NE, Washington, DC 20002
June-July, 2017
Exhibiting Artist
Calvary Episcopal Church
820 6th St NE, Washington, DC 20002
June-July, 2017
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Bio
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Artist Statement
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John Anderson is an award-winning artist whose work have been published in numerous publications and exhibited locally and abroad. He holds an undergraduate Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and attended graduate school at Pratt Institute. He also studied life oil painting at The Art League in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.
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"I've always been interested in capturing facial expressions and gestures. This has led me to a nontraditional portrait style of rendering the form without their surroundings. I love to isolate the form in space. Revealing the character of my subjects. I work in a range of media, blending drawing, painting and design elements. My current series "Praise" is an exploration, combining portraiture and spiritual worship. These portrait images evoke a lively time of self expression towards God. Faces spring to life off the canvas, immersed in details from their gestures. Each work expresses my love for Christ. My aim is to create something to inspire and to generate curiosity for the viewers."
- John Anderson, Jr.
Beltsville, MD |
