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John Linthurst / Creator – Originator / Art Portfolio
john@studiovistadelmar.com
Studiovistadelmar.com is the home of the John Linthurst art portfolio which consists of digital, oils, collage, acrylic works over the years. John is a former Los Angles resident who now resides in Oceanside. The greater part of his life has been dedicated to various entrepreneurial pursuits, and has had a successful career in business and agriculture. Photography was one of his early avenues of expression. He completed the Photo Arts Program from Pasadena City College – and then several additional sections at CS Fullerton where he eventually graduated with a degree in …. English (AMST).
Artist Associations/Gallery Bio: Phantom Gallery, Oceanside Museum of Art – Artist Alliance Affiliate Carlsbad/Oceanside Art League, Adore Gallery, Carlsbad, EAP Escondido Municipal Gallery, Ashton Gallery, Poway center for the Performing Arts, SD International Airport (Centennial Artist), Sip San Marcos, Techne Gallery, Art& Soul Encinitas, The Studio Door, Hillcrest, Encinitas Public Library Main, Front Porch Gallery CB,
In his years in Pasadena he was fortunate to be called into projects by several of his phtog friends attending nearby Art Center College of Design and learned greatly from the collaborations. At his creative zenith he was a rock and roll band photographer, with Van Halen and Joey Chamber credits, and then did a year stint as a roller derby photographer. {L.A. T-Birds} …. quite the adventure
In 2010 John nearly lost his daughter in a horrible car accident. At the time, into a twenty plus career of real estate, he had a reckoning with himself as to what is personal, what is important, what is healing. That cusp was when he went out and bought a camera, an easy conduit back to art, and re- emersed himself into the joys of his youth. A dilemma quickly enveloped him, as his name became equally associated with art – and real estate. Sadly, in the day of the internet, you cant be a closet artists if you have even the mildest of success. Sellers don’t hire artists to sell their homes, albeit do have much admiration for the long term relationship. That difference by the way, is 10k on a house, $350 on a painting. How much sacrifice do artist make? Well, John still declines to have people refer to him as an artist. It just costs too much.
John works with ‘projects’ often. These would be interest’s or fascinations that require a length of study. Some, for instance GOLDEN AGE were a year in the making. Others such as Other Desert People were completed in a spring, while OCEANSIDE ALLEYS was a winter of fascination. Below, a reconsideration of romance, FRENCH COLONIAL POSTAGE Sometimes you can’t sum up your work until you exhaust it. An artist MO.
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This site is organized by theme galleries. No real home page, just what projects were of interest at the time. Visit some other pages here, especially if you are following up on a topic that may have been advanced to you from another source
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Fantom Productions PPA in association with Epic Notions
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