John Hodge

Emerging Southern California artist. I paint in oil and sometimes acrylic. I sculpt in stone, mainly alabaster and marble. My creative endeavors are explorations in a larger journey of personal discovery and revelation. I hope that those who see my art are able to enjoy some part of my journey, and that perhaps in so seeing open a small detour or unexpected landmark on their own paths. ••• I cannot categorize or describe a theme to my art, and I envy artists who can. I paint landscapes and portraits and still life; impressions, sometimes more representational, sometimes more abstract. I paint things I see, that I find aesthetically pleasing, as I feel in the moment. Everyday scenes of the cliffs and trees and the sea where I live; workers working, or everyday people that I see when I am among people; everyday objects and scenes in my home. Or sometimes just the shapes of things, or movement or light. ••• I find stone to be fascinating. The process is so different from other endeavors where you start with nothing and fill a void with your creation. With stone, it is finding the creation inside of something that exists, slowly creating emptiness to reveal it. ••• I enjoy the feel of stone. When it is rough-hewn, when it i...