Artist Information:
John Shelley
Queen's Park,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Apr 2002
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Artist Statement:
As an illustrator my work has
crossed bridges spanning
Eastern and Western cultures,
between children's publishing
and commercial illustration,
two very different genres.
Though I maintain a singular
vision I tend to approach the
diverse markets in unique
ways, with distinctly
differing techniques. A good
illustrator has the
chameleon's ability to respond
to the requirements of the
media, a poster in the street
is generally viewed in a
completely different way to a
children's picture book, they
appeal to different parts of
the brain.
I've often felt that
commercial illustration comes
from the head, it's designed
to leap out, grab viewers and
hold them with it's graphic
cleverness, it's visual
sophistication or charm. It
reaches out to seize it's
audience. Publishing work on
the other hand is more the
realm of the heart, perhaps
more feminine in that it
gently charms the reader into
the intimacy of a private
world. It entices the viewer
in. Of course often the
greatest illustrations work on
both levels. ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
MAJOR ONE-MAN SHOWS
1986 - Matrix Gallery, London
1989 - Dentsu Ad Gallery,
Tokyo
1989 - Parco Gallery, Tokyo
1989 - Parco Gallery,
Kichijoji
1990 - Parco Gallery, Gifu +
Kumamoto
1990 - "Topsy Turvey Land"
Show, Gallery Maya, Tokyo
1991 - "Denizens" Show,
Roppongi Art Forum, Tokyo
1998 - "Potboiler" Show, Space
Yui, Tokyo
2000 - Gallery Pax, ...
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John Shelley's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to John Shelley's Portfolio.
As an illustrator my work has crossed bridges spanning Eastern and Western cultures, between children's publishing and commercial illustration, two very different genres.
Though I maintain a singular vision I tend to approach the diverse markets in unique ways, with distinctly differing techniques. A good illustrator has the chameleon's ability to respond to the requirements of the media, a poster in the street is generally viewed in a completely different way to a children's picture book, they appeal to different parts of the brain.
I've often felt that commercial illustration comes from the head, it's designed to leap out, grab viewers and hold them with it's graphic cleverness, it's visual sophistication or charm. It reaches out to seize it's audience. Publishing work on the other hand is more the realm of the heart, perhaps more feminine in that it gently charms the reader into the intimacy of a private world. It entices the viewer in. Of course often the greatest illustrations work on both levels. ... |
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