John Salminen

John T. Salminen (born January 18, 1945) is an American watercolor painter who is well known for his realistic urban landscapes. His work was described as "compelling street scenes packed with detail" by Watercolor Magic magazine's senior editor, Loraine Crouch.[1][2]

Biography

Salminen was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. He earned his Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree from the University of Minnesota. He lives in a self-built log cabin surrounded by 40 acres (160,000 m2) of pine forest in Duluth, Minnesota.[2]

The prolific artist

Salminen is a painter who paints six to ten hours a day in a basement studio when he's not out of town attending or jurying exhibitions or teaching workshops. He captures his subjects with his camera for his studio paintings but also enjoys painting plain air.

John's work is included in many private and public collections in the United States, Asia and Europe and is featured in forty-two books in four continents.

Memberships

John Salminen is a signature member of numerous prestigious art societies in the United States including The American Watercolor Society-DF, The National Watercolor Society, The Transparent Watercolor Society of America-DM and Allied Artists. He serves as a board member of the American Watercolor Society and is the President of the International Masters of Watercolour Association centered in Shanghai China.

Recognitions and awards

John has won over 250 awards in national and international exhibitions. He received the Shanghai Biennial Award, The Pakistan Lifetime Achievement Award and the Thailand Ministry of Culture award and has participated in fifty-four invitational international exhibitions in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Russia, Greece, Mexico, Pakistan, Canada, Italy, England, Belgium, Ecuador and Australia. He has received the top awards in the exhibitions of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Allied Artist, the San Diego Watercolor Society and many others in the United States.

DVDs Produced

John Salminen has released two instructional DVDs : "A Designed Approach to Abstraction by John Salminen" and Urban Realism produced by Creative Catalyst Productions. He is currently working on a third instructional DVD.

Judging, workshops and exhibitions

John has won over 250 awards in national and international exhibitions. He received the Shanghai Biennial Award, The Pakistan Lifetime Achievement Award and the Thailand Ministry of Culture award and has participated in fifty-four invitational international exhibitions in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Russia, Greece, Mexico, Pakistan, Canada, Italy, England, Belgium, Ecuador and Australia. Salminen's work has been exhibited in hundreds of national and international juried and group exhibitions as well as in many one-person and small group exhibitions.

John is a frequent judge and juror for national and international exhibitions and his work is included in permanent collections in the United States, Asia and Europe. His work is featured in forty-two books on four continents.

Salminen conducts workshops throughout the world.

Exposure and publications

John's work is featured in forty-two books on four continents, in many magazines in the United States, and around the world.

"John Salminen is one of America's most highly recognized watercolorists." - [3]

See also

References
  1. John Salminen, Artist Information, a project of The McKnight Foundation and Walker Art Center, mnartists.org, 2007 Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on: July 20, 2007
  2. Crouch, Loraine.
  3. Artist's Magazine.
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