$4,500.00
Velvet Crush (Azalea) Original Oil on Stretched Belgian Linen 40cm x 15cm by Grand Master Artist World John McCartin – SOLD
John’s Inspiration:- ““We went to our local nursery, such an inspirational place to be, and spotted this azalea. As a matter of fact, I (Julie) asked John what he would like for his up-and-coming birthday (it always falls on the Festival of Two Palette’s exhibition) and he said a gift voucher to Newmans Nursery! Anyhow…I digress! He decided to paint these azaleas (from life) while they were in bloom. He says that painting from a photo, lacks that emotional response he needs to produce a good painting.”
John McCartin was born in Sydney on March 9th, 1954 and showed remarkable drawing ability at a young age and felt strangely attracted to the Australian landscape. Painting as a hobby since 1974, John has now taken on landscape painting more seriously and on a professional basis since 1991. He has been influenced greatly by artists such as Hans Heysen, Elioth Gruner and Arthur Streeton whose unpretentious works have inspired him over many years.
In 2011 John won International Artist Magazines prestigious first prize, making him ‘Best Artist in the World’. It was a complete surprise to a humble John, yet a reward for the incredible artworks he produces. A few years later he won the most successful artist in the “American Art Awards”. As part of his prize, John was given the opportunity to travel and paint through the English countryside & through areas of Europe. His six-week study tour created some amazing subjects all sketched with charcoals on paper and watercolour studies also on paper. These were put into a folder and brought back to Australia where they are gradually being put into oil paintings. John who lives in South Australia travels widely to capture his subjects, always making sketches and studies as he travels. He has been described by many of Australia’s leading artists as one of the most talented artists in Australia and now the world agrees!
John has continued to enter international art competitions and in 2016 was named Grand Master Artist World. Only a few elite artists in the world have this title. In 2024, John won the Best Still Life painting in “Art Renewal Centre Salon Competition” and “World Art Awards”.
John has currently won 125 international awards.
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