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Artist Statement:
Artist Statement
I graduated from Texas Tech in
December, 1973, with a BFA in
studio painting. I thought at
that time the world was
waiting for me. I never
stopped painting, drawing, or
growing after graduation, but
when my wife, Betsy, and I
moved to Staples, Texas and
bought the General Store,
things started to happen.
Lamartine, Aries, was to Van
Gogh what Staples is to me.
Staples is a very small
forgotten village on the San
Marcos River. There are
unspoiled fields where wheat,
corn, and maize are grown, and
live oaks and pecan trees have
flourished since long before
the arrival of the white man.
In the spring the wild flowers
have no end. The sky changes
with every breath. The trees
speak of color unknown to a
painter’s pallet, and when the
wind touches them, magic.
Nature is an organized
confusion that comes together
with color. To be able to
walk alone in these fields, to
watch the approaching storms,
to hear the movement of the
river, and to feel the wind is
nothing less than perfection.
I now paint everyday and take
photographs by the hundreds.
I have found my garden.
John A. Roof
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Artist Exhibitions:
1. Lubbock Art Festival Alumni
Show Lubbock, Tx. 2006
2. Home Grown, solo painting,
Texas State University, San
Marcos May 2006
3. Solo show Oliver Charles
Gallery, Houston, Tx. July
2006
4. American Juried Art Salon,
Online juried show Sept 2006
5. Canvas Gallery, Eldia de
los Muertos Show, Oct. ...
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Artist Galleries:
Rive Gauche Comtemporary 15507
N. Scottsdale Rd. Scottsdale,
AZ. 85254
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John Roof Biography:
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Age
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59
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
3
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| Religion |
life |
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| Education |
Undergraduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
wood working, fishing, skinny dipping |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Contemporary Art - (Now)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Matisse
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Matisse "Dance"
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Nature |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
always there |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Bio John A. Roof
Born in Coshocton, Ohio, January 14, 1949, I noticed fairly early that something was different. I wanted to fit in, but I was always just outside the circle looking in. I loved to spend my time looking at almost anything. My parents would always say “John, wake up.” I remember once when I was on a Boy Scout campout in the winter and snowed it heavily. I sat by the fire all night listening to the snow hitting the ground and watching it glimmer in the fire light as it fell from the sky. When daylight came I walked off into the woods and marveled at what lay before me. My Grandfather Bible was able to sit down and draw the face of anyone. Mother could put colors together and would work on an art project till it was finished. This is where my art education started.
Starting college at Port Huron Junior College in Port Huron, Michigan as a business major, I was only a business major one semester. I took an art coarse to get my grades up and never looked back.
I spent my summers in Cimarron, New Mexico, at Philmont Scout Ranch. I could walk for hours looking at the trees, sky, and mountains. Sometimes it was like the earth was put here just for me to see the true beauty. I also watched the sunrise from the top of a 12,000 foot mountain. I did this often--the colors seen cannot be painted. I then transferred to Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, Texas. This is the land of the big sky--not much else, but boy, do they have sky.
I graduated, got married and we moved to Houston, Texas, where I worked as the retail store manager of Texas Art Supply on Montrose. We started our family and it became harder and harder for me to find time to paint, so I would draw and began to build furniture. This became my artistic outlet. We raised three children, and time for art got less and less, but always there was this thing of looking and watching. I was a voyeur of the world around me. When my youngest graduated from high school, I had had enough. It was our time. My wife and I started the good life. We bought the general store in Staples, Texas, and restored antique furniture. I fished everyday on the San Marcos River, watching, listening and enjoying the beauty given to us. Then one day I was looking at the corn fields behind the shop. I found a piece of plywood and some spray paint. I have not stopped painting.
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