GJohn
Various Mediums/Acrylics Artist
Artist Biography
GJohn is a UK-based acrylic artist whose work transforms everyday experiences, humour, and imagination into bold, layered, and expressive paintings. With early explorations in art dating back to 1990 and a dedicated focus on acrylics since 2020, his style balances recognisable subjects with abstract storytelling, resulting in work that is colourful, textured, and emotionally resonant.
Influenced by the great masters, particularly John Singer Sargent, and inspired by the diverse creativity of artists worldwide, GJohn embraces both traditional and modern approaches. His process often blends digital experimentation, graphite sketches, and acrylic layering, creating depth and complexity while leaving space for curiosity and interpretation.
Much of his inspiration comes from family, music, science, and comedy, reflecting his belief that art should connect with life as it’s lived. His paintings are not photorealistic but instead invite the viewer to discover their own story within the work, whether structured, abstract, amusing, or poignant.
Before dedicating himself to painting full time, GJohn built a career within global corporations, working across engineering, IT, project management, and finance. This professional background gave him structure and perspective, but art remained constant throughout his life. Over the last six years, his daily practice with acrylics has become his true focus, evolving a voice that is expressive, dynamic, and unmistakably his own.
For GJohn, art is about emotion, connection, and discovery: “If my work catches you just for a moment, then my work is done.”
GJohn’s Featured Art
Ideas for GJohn’s paintings often start in quiet and unexpected places, a walk, a conversation, a song, or even a fleeting image. Inspiration sits between everyday life and imagination, where unusual connections spark before reaching the canvas. Sometimes his process is structured, other times chaotic or playful, but always an open conversation with the work as it takes shape.
Often going straight to canvas with acrylics, he also uses digital tools and sketches to refine ideas before layering paint. Each piece carries traces of its origin, transformed into something tangible yet expressive.
For GJohn, art is a feeling made visible, each brushstroke a fragment of memory, instinct, or fantasy. His work seeks not photorealism but recognition, emotion, and connection. His advice to artists is simple, paint every day, stay curious, embrace mistakes, and share your voice boldly, without apology.