JOHN WATHNE

JOHN WATHNE's Work

About JOHN WATHNE

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 have been a Salem resident for the last 40 years and have loved every day of it.