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John Cosby (1955)
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John Cosby, born in 1955 in Hollywood, operates in both worlds of illustrations and fine art. He paints brushy land and seascapes, city scenes and interiors, many with broadly suggested figures. Primarily a California artist, living in Laguna Beach, Cosby has painted in a variety of locations from New York City and northern New Mexico to Hawaii, Europe and Asia.
As a child, Cosby's interest in art was supported by his grandmother, who was also an artist. He later worked seven years as a commercial artist. Before that, he was an advance man for Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1972 to 1976, leaving when he was twenty-two year old. During this time, he also drew cartoons for the Chesapeake Boatman newspaper in Washington, D.C.
A special exhibition of his work was held in Spring, 1999 at the Know Gallery in Denver, Colorado, and in 1966, he became one of the founders of the Laguna Plein-Air Painters Association. He is also the founder of the Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational competition, an event that attracts landscape painters from all over the country.
A special interest is depicting people in motion such as crossing the street or eating in a cafe. He became the subject of a PBS documentary in 2000 that shows him painting on location in San Francisco.
His work has been featured in recent articles in American Artist, and Southwest Art magazines and has been a featured artist in several group shows at Tree's Place Gallery including "On Location, Coast to Coast: Small Works by Nine Americans" (2001), "Painting the City" (2002), "California Plein Air Painters" (2003), and "Cafes, Bars and Other Diversions" (2004).
Source:
From "California Art Club Newsletter", June 2003 By Molly Siple
Jean Stern; Jeffrey Morse, 90th Exhibition Catalogue, California Art Club
Tree’s Place Gallery, Orleans, MA
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