John Groves Artist Profile
Currently living and painting aboard a large sailing vessel in the waters of South Florida, formerly a Dallas based artist, John Groves, has been working professionally as an
artist since 1997. Possessing a natural talent for drawing at a young age,
John had his first art lesson at age 13. It was several years later when an
interest in H. R. Giger's air brush work spiked his interest and drew him
back into art. Inspiration from the work of Theodore Gericault and the old
masters has led to John's largest painting, an 8 ft by 4.5 ft, 1/4 scale
reproduction of Gericault's Raft of the Medusa.
John's passion for art is driven by his love for portraits. He is extremely
comfortable with a pencil in hand, and works in graphite, charcoal and
crayon. However, it is his brushwork that has his oil and acrylic paintings
hanging in Germany, France and across the US.
Mediums: Graphite pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylics.
Completion time for a 28" x 22" portrait: 7 to 14 days.
Works accepted: Any subject matter, any style. It can include multiple
people, pets or wildlife.
John is a member of The Grapevine Art Project. Some of his work can be seen
at: JohnGroves.Art
- Location
- grapevine
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5/5 stars - Just received my portrait today and am incredibly pleased with John’s work! He’s been great to work with and has made a work of art that I’ll cherish and value always!! Thank you so much, John!!- Jeffrey from AlexandriAArtist's ResponseThanks Jeff. It was a great resource image and your feedback during the detailing really helped. Thanks, it was a pleasure working with you! John
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5/5 stars - John did a wonderful job painting the photo I provided. He was very responsive and provided lots of wonderful updates. He explained care for my painting going forward as well. He also did a wonderful job framing and shipping the painting. It arrived earlier than expected and was a very well received gift! I would highly recommend John and hope to use him again for future projects!- George from Spring City
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5/5 stars - The artist,John Groves, did a fantastic job. He was very willing to work with me as the process went along. We ended up with a great portrait of my wife. All her children and grandchildren love it. I highly recommend him.- Robert from PotomacArtist's ResponseThanks for the review Robert. And thanks for your help throughout the project. It was nice working with you. John
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5/5 stars - John is a very talented artist and we could not be more thrilled with the piece he created for us.- JAMES from KatyArtist's ResponseThanks James. It was a pleasure painting for you. John
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5/5 stars - As expected and very happy with the job done!- George from Vero BeachArtist's ResponseThanks George. You did a great job applying the effects filter to the resource image. That made it easy!
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5/5 stars - John was amazing to work with. The painting was a truly beautiful rendition of a very sentimental picture. He communicated with us during the whole process. I would highly recommend to anyone!- Colette from Fairview Park
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5/5 stars - Brilliant and amazing work! John did an outstanding job a charcoal drawing for my wife and I.- Jason from LehiArtist's ResponseThanks for the review Jason. It was an excellent resource image to work from. You two look great!
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5/5 stars - John did a remarkable job with matching the filter to the painting. His own interpretation of the image improved the work immensely. He also was finished ahead of schedule so that is greatly appreciated. I highly recommend him for your next project!- Thomas from Brooklyn
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5/5 stars - Very kind and nice made a great dog picture for my son for Christmas would definitely recommended him- Casey from LakelandArtist's ResponseThanks Casey. The shipping companies made it challenging but UPS finally came through!
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