paintings

TITLES/DATES/SIZE
(all are oil on canvas)
Size and original (if available) price as noted. Prints are available from $55 - $150 plus shipping and handling

Left column top to bottom:

2007 - Taos Triad - 24 x 30 Original - $1,275 - for print see print package B
2007 - Taos Orno 20 x 24 (Original SOLD) for print see print package A or B
2007 - Chainlink and Granny's dust 36 x 18 Original - $675 - for print see print package A or B (can be 20 x 16 cropped)
2007 - Evolution of the Omnivore II 24 x 30 - Original - $1,800 for print see print package A or B
2007 - Cheyenne Rape 22 x 28 Original - $975 for print see print package A or B
2007 - Lady Rose - 24 x 30 - Original - $650 for print see print package A or B
1979 - John Wayne plastered 24 x 36 - Original - $550 for print see print package A or B
1974 - Blank, The Editor, The man in black, Mr Rushmore,
Filby and Baynes. 24 x 30 (Original SOLD) for print see print package A or B
1974 - Cocktail Hour 24 X 36 (N/A) for print see print package A or B

Center column:

2007 - Taos earth fire and water - 24 x 30 - original - $1,600 for print see print package A or B
2007 - Matt's Last Spartan - 24 x 30 - original - $1875 for print see print package A or B
2007 - The Evolution of the Omnivore - 24 X 30 - Original - $1,800 for print see print package A or B
2007 - Kyea Ranch 36 X 18 (Original SOLD) for print see print package B
2007 - Goldfield Arizona 36 X 18 Original - $1,300 for print see print package B
1999 - Boys in Snow 30 X 15 Original - $700 for print see print package B
1999 - Boys in jeep with daffodils - 18 X 24 Original - $650 for print see print package A or B
1975 - J. Brian's model #34 - 36 X 24 (Original SOLD) for print see print package B
1975 - A time that never was and never will be again 24 X 36 (Original SOLD) for print see print package A or B
1974 - The drawing class 36 X 18 (Original N/A) for print see print package B
1974 - The old man and the sea 36 X 48 (Original N/A) for print see print package A or B
1973 - Tommy Polito's every night 36 x 48 (Original SOLD) for print see print package A or B

Right column:

2007 - Navaho Holocaust coming - 16 X 20 Original - $620 for print see print package A or B
2007 - Arapaho Holocaust - 16 X 20 - Original - $620 for print see print package A or B
2007 - Taos uprising 16 X 20 Original - $820 for print see print package A or B
2007 - Taos Cycle 15 x 30 Original - $830 for print see print package B
2007 - Taos Graveyard 18 x 36 Original - $750 for print see print package B
2007 - blue blouse and Miss Kitty - 16 x 20 - original n.f.s. for print see print package A or B
2003 - Granny Leola 18 x 24 (Original n.f.s) for print see print package B

PRINTS

Print Package A:
18" x 24" on stretched canvas * - $150 plus shipping
16" x 20" on stretched canvas * - $125 plus shipping

ready to frame

* some cropping may occur

Print Package B
Mounted gloss prints (mounted on light weight Gator Board)
Suitable for framing

18" x 24 " - $65 plus shipping
16" x 20" - $55 plus shipping
12" x 24 - $55 plus shipping

Please call for custom size quote. 480-948-3737

Arizona residents please add 8.1 % Sales Tax.
Prices subject to change.
Call or e-mail for latest pricing.

Visa/Mastercard accepted.

*All shipping FedEx ground unless otherwise requested or prohibited

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Biographical notes: John F. Green (b. 1953) - Early studies under Paul G. Krauss, Guilderland, NY.
B.F.A. 1975 Rochester Institute of Technolgy.

1975 - 1985 - Art Director/Illustrator D.J. Moore Advertising Albany, NY

1985 - 1990 - Owner, Illustrator, Graphic Designer - Pawmark Studios - Rotterdam, NY

1990 - present - Owner, Graphic Designer, Artist - Creative Colleagues, Scottsdale, AZ

As can be gleaned from the dates of the work above, a long haitus from purely painting has been terminated by chance and opportunity to return to original passion.

Passing thoughts

Obviously, some time has passed between the older paintings on this site and the more recent ones. The older work from the '70's represents a more instinctual mind game approach to seeing things, with the possible exception of the Polito's painting which was part of a long series based on way too many nights spent at that particular tavern. And of course, the "drawing class". A rather cynical and ugly look at some of my fellow students, not excluding myself. (4th from the left)

The more recent work follows very divergent paths.

The "Omnivore" series (which is not completed yet) was actually inspired by a baseball player I coached for 6 years. A farewell dinner at a sushi joint and talk about his upcoming college plans and prep reading assignment coupled with a long time admiration of the illustrations of Frank Frazetta combined into this somewhat tongue-in-cheek line.

The Taos series was inspired by frequent trips to New Mexico and visiting the tragic remains of a Peublo culture bent by the Spanish, and wracked by Americans. The orno has often been a central theme because as the cooking oven of the Peublo Indians it represents the essential link between here and where. Food, one of the few real essentials and central to their family life.

The other Taos pieces depict more straightforward themes. The graveyard is pretty self explanatory, the only visually disturbing thing being the misplaced stone and of course the erie sense of deathness. The uprising is much more illustrative and also influenced by Frazetta. The triad piece is really a timeline type of visual using contemporary, temporary and historic visual themes.

The more traditional looking landscape pieces are as much about what is not there than what is. Most use large void areas to focus attention to the central subjects whether that be little boys, horses or geographic features.. not unlike the way Degas used empty speces to draw focus on his human subjects

And of course there are the "oddballs". Portraits either contemporary or historical. Or is that hysterical? And baseball. Or rather the dust and chian link that is so common to youth baseball as any parent or coach can readily and chokingly attest!.

10/4/07