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Contemporary
Online Art Gallery of original paintings and limited
edition prints by Scottish artist John Stoa.
This website was created to show original paintings and fine art
prints including Scottish
Landscape paintings,
erotic art, and romantic art
with the artist model, still life, flower paintings, figurative
paintings and John's other love, snow scenes in Scotland,
in his winter landscapes.
The
winter snow scenes, especially of Edinburgh Castle, are very popular
for charity christmas cards.
An
early summer trip to Islay and Jura in the Inner Hebrides gave John
many ideas for a range of Scottish landscape
watercolour paintings.
The west coast islands enjoys dry sunny weather with beaches of
pure white sand and views over the water to Northern Ireland and
Arran on the Scottish mainland.
A range of contemporary stretched box canvas, which do not need
framing, painted with large bold flowers and still life can be seen
at Box Canvas Art.
Website pages also show a range of Scottish flowers from his garden
around his studio, and his contemporary triptych
canvas art landscape paintings
of Rait village in Perthshire.
Christmas
Exhibition
An art exhibition showing John's latest project of paintings of
Benidorm beach and old town will be held in his studio in
November. More details on the Christmas
Art Exhibition page.
Hand Made Paper. John has created several figure studies
on hand made paper some of which can be seen on this link to HAND
MADE PAPER.
Contemporary landscape paintings of
angus can be seen on exhibition at the art gallery in Kirriemuir
called The Tower Gallery.
Original paintings of contemporary art can make an excellent
investment as well as a retirement
gift.
Private
Commissions
Clients who wish to have
a special painting done to their own requirements may contact John
to arrange a private commission.
Art
Collection and Archive
Contemporary paintings previously shown on the main web
pages, but now replaced with John's latest works can still be seen
on the following links, and many are still available for sale.
Landscape Paintings , and Winter
Pictures ,
Romantic
Art Paintings , and Figurative Art
Limited
Edition Prints ........(Free
Delivery in UK)
John's fine art prints ( over
30 ) extend the range with Scottish
towns including Edinburgh, featuring Edinburgh Castle, and Perth.
As Dundee is John's home town he has naturally created several prints
of Dundee City in all seasons and as a sunset and beach landscape
picture of Broughty Ferry.
For more information on the history, business, culture and leisure
activities in his home town visitors can find everything on this
link to Dundee
City.
Other
scenes include the Scottish
Highlands, with great atmospheric feeling in Glencoe, and the
Isle of Skye, and sailing boats on romantic Loch Lomond for those
in a loving mood. More Romantic
images include landscape watercolour paintings of sunset at
Broughty Ferry, figures, erotic art, nude models, and red roses.
AUTUMN
ART CLASSES
Evening and afternoon art classes
for the autumn are running for 12 weeks from 22nd September. There
are two evening classes on Monday and Tuesday as well as two afternoon
classes also on these days.
More information on this link to the art
classes page.
Students can put a painting on their own exhibition page each year..........>
Some of the student's previous paintings can be seen at
art class exhibition 2003 , and art
class exhibition 2004 , and
art class exhibition 2005 , and
art class exhibition 2006
, and
art class exhibition 2007,
and art class exhibition 2008
PRIVATE
ART LESSONS
One
to one tuition can be arranged to suit those who desire a more intensive
approach to improving their artistic abilities.
Ideal for young students preparing a portfolio for submission for
entry to an art college, mature students ready to embrace the real
art world with a new career, but needs to know about running an
art business, and the mature person wishing to improve their ability
to paint a great picture.
A range of lessons can be structured to individual needs, but normally
John will run sessions of two hours with a fee of £30 per
hour.
Tuition online by email and the internet is ideal for those too
far away to travel to Dundee.
A private tuition gift voucher can make an excellent retirement
or birthday gift or for a special occasion.
ART HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS 2008 and 2009
John
has completed the last workshop for this year and will post details
on the 2009 season
at the end of this year.
A
one week art holiday in May 2009 painting Scottish lochs and glens
is arranged to run from the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Fillans at
the end of Loch Earn. More information at
Art classes and Art Workshops
Contact John to book a place.
Accommodation with bed and breakfast in Dundee may
be available at John's Studio just off the Perth Road. Please check
the proprietor Anna Anderson's website www.scottishartiststudio.com
for information and prices.
With fantastic views over the River Tay from the double ensuite
room it is perfect for a romantic
weekend break.
John's
Art Career
He
started working life in 1959 as a gardener in Dundee and his horticultural
career advanced at a fast pace with travel all over Britain, and
a head full of landscaping ideas, however, he always painted in
his spare time as a form of art therapy, then as he found success
with his love of painting, he became a full time artist in 1992.
The home garden is now the hobby, although his specialism
is still in demand for gardening advice and landscape
design ideas.
To see more details on John's CV click this link to his bibliography
This will also show his one man shows, private commissions, and
other gallery exhibitions.
Allotment
Gardening
John gets the 2008 TOP AWARD
John rented a plot in 2006 on Dundee City Council's City Road Allotment
Garden site to grow crops, and find a new source of ideas to paint
with old sheds, greenhouses, fences and walls and dilapidated garden
structures of great character perfect to capture on canvas.
Some of these paintings can be seen on this link to allotment
gardening.
John's love of gardening has paid dividends with his experimenting
with warm climate crops in Scotland possible with global warming.
Grapes, peaches and Figs are now all growing outdoors. John's allotment
won the award for the best allotment in Dundee in the Councils Britain
in Bloom competition.
Scottish
garden pictures
The home and garden of artist John Stoa from Dundee can be seen
from these thumbnail links.
John's love of horticulture is evident in the development and design
of his large garden full of fruit and flowers in bloom all year
round, many of which get captured on canvas.
Art class and art workshop students often paint around the studio
garden in summer, or whenever weather is suitable.
This garden is well planted, mature and has a wealth of subject
matter ready for painting.
Please feel free to have a wander around the garden by clicking
the link to Scottish garden pictures,
or these other links Outdoor
Plants and then
Fruit Growing, and for the
patio gardener, Hanging baskets
and tubs
,and Flowering Bulbs
, and then a border for the Rose
Bushes
and from November to March, in the dark months the Winter
Garden is outstanding with the bright colours of the dogwoods,
kerria, and Leycesteria underplanted with drifts of snowdrops.
Autumn crops of raspberries and strawberries are now
a regular feature on John's allotment site. See his perpetual
strawberry Flamenco.
John has included a link to a page for
Garden Trees suited to the small garden, now that the
young trees have put on a bit of growth.
Have a look on the progress of John's Saskatoons
which he is hoping will produce a crop in Scottish soil
and climatic conditions, which vary tremendously from the prairies
of Canada where they grow in abundance. The bushes produced their
first small crop of fruit in July 2007, after a record breaking
spell of wet and sunless weather, so early tastings left a lot to
be desired, but another (normal) year may tell a different tale.
Interior Design and Corporate Art
Large contemporary paintings and stretched box canvas can be very
appropriate for Corporate and interior
design use.
Company promotions often use art for calendars, Christmas cards,
prints, and retirement gifts and to record special events,
eg. "Tall Ships Race", "Dundee's Octocentenary Celebrations"
and "A Moment in Time" painted for the Millenium.
Pittenweem
Arts Festival August 2008
The Dundee Boys, ( Two scottish artists, John Stoa and
Jim Dewar ), held a joint exhibition at the Harbour Guest House,
in Pittenweem for the Pittenweem Arts Festival 2008.
John had a new range of contemporary art.
See some original painting in the online art gallery from
the Pittenweem
Arts Festival.
Contact
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John
is happy to show visitors his Scottish painting collection available
in his studio. Please phone to arrange an appointment.
The studio can be found on this
map of Dundee.
To make a purchase, see the buy
art online page.
Most major credit cards accepted.
To discuss private commission,
art classes or art holiday workshops, interior design
paintings, or private one to one tuition,
please contact John at
Original Art
17a Menzieshill Road, Dundee, DD2 1PS, Scotland UK
Telephone : 44 (0) 1382 665879
Email : johnstoa@blueyonder.co.uk
Website :
www.johnstoa.com
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