A contemporary Impressionist who works directly from nature, John Stockwell combines the design elements and textural form inherent in abstract painting with the color and light of the original Impressionists. Stockwell works both in oil on large canvases, creating an "evocative, floating surface which is serenely meditative." as well as pastel, his medium of choice for more boldly rendered landscapes. Pastel enhances the texture, depth and richness of each landscape's color. Light is equally important in Stockwell's work and he travels extensively to capture its changing effects as seasons the change.

Although now living in both NYC and on Cape Cod, Stockwell annually travels from coast to coast in the U.S. and to Europe, with a particular affinity for Provence in the south of France. He has also returned often to capture the unique light near Malmo in Sweden where his wife was born, a landscape similar to Cape Cod but located across from Copenhagen.

His original pastels are extensively represented in corporate collections including Digital Equipment, Fidelity Trust, Gillette Corp., Harvard Business School, IBM, John Hancock Insurance, Price-Waterhouse and R.R. Donnelly. In addition, Stockwell's work is included in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.

EDUCATION: Syracuse University EXHIBITIONS: Gallery 52, Boston MA

Chicago Art Expo

Akin Gallery, Boston, MA

Kathy Albers Gallery, Memphis, TN

Marlborough Gallery, Boston, MA

Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, NY

Marlborough Gallery, Boston, MA

101 Wooster Street Gallery, New York, NY