John Curtis

Artist & illustrator

John Curtis is an artist born in Bristol (1976), He studied Art, Design and Illustration at Brunel College of Art in Bristol, and studied creative advertising at Falmouth College in Cornwall. He has been painting and drawing ever since he could hold a paint brush or pencil and has a passion for art. John produces artwork on commission and for exhibitions and his work is abstract expressionism, which represents his moods, feelings and experiences, his style is fun, energetic and highly detailed work, which demands a closer look. He is inspired by his surroundings, with anything from science to nature and strong influences of modern art, pop art, graffiti and street art can be seen in his work.

John uses mediums such as acrylic paint, oil paint, enamel and spray paint as well as introducing letraset and metalics into his artwork, he experiments with colours and textures on as to produce unique abstract pieces.

He also works on large scale highly detailed illustrations in ink and pencil, creating surreal, intense black and white images, John also incorporates these drawings and ideas into his finished paintings.

You can contact John Curtis on 07976357890 or by email on johnrcurtis@yahoo.co.uk. For more information, go to the website of John Curtis on http://www.johncurtisart.co.uk.