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Lonely Barn
A New Series Of Paintings
By John Sebastian

September 14 - October 31st 2021

"Foo Kitty Cat Silo"
Mixed Medium
10" x 8" deep-stretched canvas

“Lonely Barn”

Sometimes We all get lonely.

Structures, Built from the ground up.

Driving along winding roads in a never ending forest that craves water.

The sun is relentless, and God forbid the time when that one sunbeam sends them all packing.

Running and hiding for cover. Nothing goes to waste in this town.

A town that is thankful for the mere idea of rain. When Mother Nature becomes so threatening that the people are frightened for their very lives, that is the time when you start to pay attention.

The things that you see become so important that time seems to stand still.
The arms of the clock move so quickly that you might wonder where it all went. Where did the time go?

Maybe time is a concept that we may never understand.

But we can certainly consider that at some point we need companionship. Somebody outside of our Mama and Papa that will care for us. Somebody we can care for as well. Something important, something essential, something that rocks your world.

This is the essential concept for these paintings. This group of frivolous work that borders on absurdity represents my current stage of life. What I see, what I hear and what I believe to be what I think I know.

Please join me on this journey and find the way out of this "Lonely Barn"...

"Silo #7"
Mixed Medium
8" x 6" canvas
SOLD

"Rasta Silo"
Mixed Medium
8" x 6" canvas

"Tractor"
Mixed Medium
10" x 8" canvas

"Forest"
6" x 8"
Mixed Media
Sold

John Sebastian was born in Long Island, New York, and was raised in a family infused by generations of artists, craftsmen, luthiers, carpenters, draftsman, engineers, and musicians.

His father, a Korean war veteran, studio musician (guitar being his main instrument), mathematician and metallurgist by trade.played a major role in John's artistic career.

In a very large family, John grew up spending holidays first listening to his uncles and father playing classic swing music and jazz and eventually taught himself how to play guitar and joining in. John brings music to his art in all it's forms,

Self-taught John Sebastian has spent years perfecting several different disciplines of painting and drawing but stays within the parameters of abstract expressionism and impressionism.

Keeping in mind his unique and original styles of painting in series, Sebastian has veered away from traditional art academia and has instead acquired an approach to painting that retains hints of his favorite American modern contemporary painting masters, Paul Klee, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko and of course, Gerhard Richter who he most likens his work to in that he follows no rules or palette patterns. He has derived a penchant for drawing and draftsmanship from the old masters, Albrecht Durer being one of his favorites.

Following in the footsteps of the great acting teacher Stanislavsky, John lives his life In art.