Biography of John Cartwright
John Cartwright was born in 1950 in Leeds in England. He emigrated to Australia with his family as a child and settled in Western Australia.
John is a self-taught artist with an individualist approach to his art.
He has developed his own technique of incising the paint surface to give line and form together with gently washed colours which succeed in producing some unique effects.
He has experimented extensively with this method to create his individual style.
His subject matter is predominantly the landscape of the South West of Western Australia with emphasis on the houses, trees and surrounding bushland.
John is a very spiritual person and his paintings can be seen to show man's life from the earthly tenuous hold symbolised by twisting pathways,cottages and trees holding to the earth and reaching up through lifes journey to the celestial.
Exhibitions:
1971-77 Churchhill Gallery, Perth
1977 Russell Davis Gallery, Melbourne
1977 Fine Arts Gallery, Perth
1978 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
1979 Russell Davis Gallery, Melbourne
1979 Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
1980 Mixed Exhibition, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
1981 Fine Arts Gallery, Perth
1982 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1982 Glasglow Gallery, Auckland New Zealand
1985 Glyde Gallery, Mosman Park
1985 Atelier Gallery, Perth
1987 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1988 Gallery Australia
1989 The Hills Gallery, Kalamunda
1989 Matilda Gallery, Fremantle
1990 Gallery Australia
1991 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1992 Extravaganza Esplanade Gallery, Albany
1992 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1992 Framed Gallery, Darwin
1993 St Quentins Gallery, Claremont