SELF
TAUGHT SOUTHERN FOLK ARTIST JOHN SPERRY BORN IN 1956.HIS WORKS CONSIST
OF MOSTLY COLORFUL, PRIMITIVE FOLK ART PAINTINGS, PAINTED WITH ACRYLICS
ON WOOD OR OLD ROOFING TIN. HIS EARLY WORKS WERE ON MOSTLY ON OLD
ROOFING TIN AND THE LAST THREE YEARS HIS PAINTINGS ARE A MIXED MEDIUM
ON WOOD MOSTLY. JOHN’S PAINTINGS ARE OF FLOWERS, ANIMALS, AND THE
RURAL BLACK SOUTH, HIS CHILDHOOD MEMORIES AND MUSICIANS, MOSTLY BLUES
ARTISTS.
JOHN LIKES PAINTING HIS FOLK ART WHILE LISTENING TO HIS MUSIC WHICH
ALSO INSPIRES HIM , HE QUIT HIS CORPORATE JOB BECAUSE HE KNEW HE HAD TO
PAINT. THAT WAS IN THE FALL OF 2000. WHEN ASKED BY A FELLOW
ARTIST AT ONE OF HIS FIRST SHOWINGS, “ HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
PAINTING?”. HE REPLIED, “ABOUT SIX MONTHS’ . TO WHICH
THE FELLOW ARTIST EXCLAIMED, “YOU JUST EXPLODED, DIDN’T
YOU. !!
JOHN & HIS WIFE , DANETTE, ( A WOOD ARTIST AND CARPENTER),
LIVE IN A TURN-OF THE-CENTURY FARM HOUSE IN RURAL, NORTHEAST GEORGIA
WHERE THEY CREATE AND APPRECIATE A SIMPLER WAY OF LIFE. JOHN’S
WORKS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE U.S., BUT MAINLY IN THE SOUTHEAST.
JOHN & HIS WIFE FEEL SO VERY BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR
TALENTS & THE PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE THEIR ART. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT & GOD BLESS YOU!
THank you for your support & good wishes
