"The landscape and silence inhabit the works of John Cormier in a fusion of colors that returns expressive power to places, enhances them and enhances their evocative power. There is no room for the human figure, only the landscape and its eloquent representation. The color is pure and nuanced, so as to leave the observer with a sense of restless disorientation."

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Elena Gradini, art critic "Percorsi Visivi" September 2023, Angelica Gallery, Rome Italy

MY ART

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Spaces, time and atmosphere are themes in my work. The spaces where we live, the landscapes, the streets beg the artist in me to tell their stories. Time stops then gets relived in my art. The painting invites the viewer to listen, enter, and experience dimensions where we spend our lives. Beauty is all around us made better when there is an artist to show us.

ABOUT ME

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I was born in Connecticut in an area between the shore and and the hills, between the life of New York City and colorful autumn foliage of New England. Early on I was intrigued by the skyscrapers of New York City and the Victorian homes dotted throughout New England. I graduated from Pratt Institute and from there I followed a journey that took me from working in New York for commercial projects and in Connecticut for residential homes, studying in Rome and designing the bandstand gazebo in Stratford Green. I now live in Rome, Italy and have been here for almost half of my life where I'm immersed in infinite Italian history and beauty. While I have always been an artist, I learned to paint out of necessity to share the beauty that I see. I learned to see from the many artsists and architects in my schooling and most notebly from the Florentine futurist architect Vittorio Giorgini. The art of brushing oil onto canvas is so much more than it appears to be. Every brushstroke, every choice of color, every subtle hue are like the careful choice words in a beautiful story that flows and brings the reader to another place. A painting is much more than an image, it can be emotional, spatial provocative all at once. It lives. That is what I aim for in my painting.

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I paint to reveal the unseen and unnoticed spaces, the lights and colors with oil, a medium that allows its full expression. My paintings are not a window into my soul, but into the soul of the viewer.