John Lightfoot – Artist

John Lightfoot, a local artist from Mississauga, Ontario started in the creative field with a small studio producing graphic design, art direction and illustration for corporate clients. He has recently expanded into fine art painting and Crescent Hill Gallery has some of his hyper realistic paintings for sale.

“Painting for me is a visceral reaction to the constraints imposed by the commercial, digital world as a designer and illustrator. I want to immerse myself in colour, texture, and form, feeling the paint mixing and coming to life. In this way, I hope to apply some of myself to the canvas.

These works contain all of what I paint for, including interesting characters and their interactions. Bold colours, jewel-toned hues and dramatic light quality using techniques of back-painting, under-painting and complex layering of colour.

I am not so concerned with the details of a particular image but, instead, the overall expression and emotions.”

If you are interested in purchasing John Lightfoot’s contemporary hyper realistic paintings for sale, contact us now!