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John Pitcher
approaches his art with confidence and originality. For over
twenty-five years he has expressed his passion for the natural
world through beautifully detailed paintings. Pitcher's success
in portraying the world's natural beauty lies in his experience
as a naturalist. By keeping field journals, which contain notes
and drawings of plants and habitat, and by making field sketches
and taking reference photos he assembles the details for the
final work, experimenting with composition and calling back to
life the original inspiration behind the painting.
Raised in
Portage, Michigan, John enjoyed family camping trips and developed
a keen interest in anything wild - especially birds of prey and
snakes! Following a stint in Vietnam he launched his art career
in Alaska. Twelve years later he moved to western Washington
and a dozen years later he moved to beautiful Dorset, Vermont
where he married his artist wife Sue Westin. There they share
a studio and operate the Gallery On The Marsh.
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Pitcher's paintings are exhibited nationally
and are in the public collections of the Anchorage Museum of
History and Art, University of Alaska Museum, The Bennington
Center for the Natural and Cultural Arts, The Leigh Yawkey Woodson
Art Museum and the Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum. He is an honored
member of the Society of Animal Artists and was awarded "Best
of Wildlife" in the Arts For The Parks National Competition. |
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2000 John and Sue joint exhibited "Kindred Spirits",
a show of 73 works, at the Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum. Pitcher's
published works include paintings created for the National Geographic
Society, Alaska Northwest Publishing Co., Alaska Geographic,
World Book Encyclopedia and limited editions by Artique Ltd.,
Mill Pond Press, Applejack Limited Editions and The Hamilton
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