John was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire England 1959, and has been painting as registration back as he can remember. John began working as a commercial artist after leaving university with a B.A. (Hons) degree in 1984.His first time was a photo retoucher working with a leading Manchester graphic and photographic this body was to last only one year, because I really wanted to continue his career
John was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire England 1959, and has been painting as registration back as he can remember. John began working as a commercial artist after leaving university with a B.A. (Hons) degree in 1984.His first time was a photo retoucher working with a leading Manchester graphic and photographic this body was to last only one year, because I really wanted to continue his career as a wildlife painting.
In 1985, John became an independent and professional illustrator specializing in fantasy illustrations retoucher air brush. These are presented in the form of games and many magazine deals. At the same time, it is exploring different painting techniques of the Old Masters, his favorite is Da Vinci, Titian, Rembrandt, Turner and Constable. In order to discover the extent possible about the techniques that are copy carefully selected paintings, some of them taking as long as eight months to complete.
John Silver's for all the love has been the constant of painting and wildlife that takes every opportunity to study and observe the animals in their natural environment. In 1994, he spent some time in the company of world-renowned artists wildlife John Seerey-Lester and Alan Hunt, the knowledge gained from them at this time invaluable. Since then, he has spent time collection and display of reference in many games fairs across the country that has resulted in the preparation of his work will dog series of paintings. All these influences over the years are now evident in their level of detail yet atmospheric original are becoming very collectible.
John Silver 1998 was awarded the "Best New Artist publication" Awarded by the Art Guild of Commerce.
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