JOHN SIBSON - ARTIST
Background
John Sibson lives in Cumbria having spent his youth in the north of England, An earlier career in mining and minerals took him to many parts of the world.
During that time he took up watercolour painting and quickly began to make a name with his distinctive style.
He soon had a number of one man and shared exhibitions in the Yorkshire area, and became an elected member and subsequently Chairman of the Yorkshire Watercolour Society. This led to exhibiting pictures three times in the Houses of Parliament, and at other times in Westminster, and in Open Exhibitions of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. More recently he has been a prizewinner in the Cumbria Artists Open Exhibitions
He now lives Cumbria with his wife Frances. John paints full time in his studio at Hilton near Appleby in Westmorland, and spends regular winters at their small property in the north of New Zealand.
An interesting aspect of his painting is his use of his vintage Ferguson Tractor to go painting around his local lanes and byways.
Painting activity
Having developed his painting in watercolours John took advantage of Summer School at the Slade in London and now paints extensively in oils and acrylics.
John's main subject matter has been the hills and dales of the North of England and the historic market towns and cities of the area. The portrayal of the buildings within their landscape is his particular speciality.
His marine art is inspired by offshore sailing experiences and love of shipyards and an interesting part of his work covers industrial subjects, especially of mines and quarries and includes locomotives steam traction engines, vintage tractors and cars etc. Animals too have become an addition to his intetrests.
He publishes his own range of limited edition reproductions, and giclee prints, mainly of his watercolours, but now of any of his original works which may be of wider interest.
He does both private and commercial
commissions of a wide variety of subjects.John is also involved in tuition, giving regular demonstrations to art societies and other organisations, and in the running of painting holidays.