John Wathne the Artist
From fields to streets,
the interpretative landscape
I am a self-taught artist who has painted for most of my life, having developed my skills through trial-and-error, and techniques through experimentation.
Always fascinated by the visual world around me, I have the opportunity to travel quite a bit throughout New England and the northeastern US. With my “day job” being a structural preservation engineer, I tend to see the world around me as an intricate 3-dimensional maze of shapes and colors that meld themselves into fascinating, geometric land- or city-scapes. I photographically document what inspires me and attempt to portray it in 2-d on canvas, often subtly re-arranging the scenery in order to best express what it is about it that moves me.
I live near the ocean in Salem, MA with my wife, Deborah Greel, in a small Victorian home filled with artwork, books, model trains, our ratty little dog, lots of love and no television.
“The simplicity, structure and form of many invite the viewer in to tell their own story.”
