John Agnew is an artist of the natural world. Fascinated by dinosaurs as a child, he never grew out of it and regards crocodilians as living representatives from the age of the giant reptiles. He has drawn and painted reptiles of all sorts, including dinosaurs, but feels that crocodilians are especially well suited to the medium of scratchboard because of their interesting textures.
Fascinated by dinosaurs as a child, he never grew out of it and regards crocodilians as living representatives from the age of the giant reptiles. He has drawn and painted reptiles of all sorts, including dinosaurs, but feels that crocodilians are especially well suited to the medium of scratchboard because of their
interesting textures.
John has traveled around the world to see various species of crocodilians in their native habitats. Of course, he has spent the most time with alligators in the southern United States.
Other habitats he has visited include the Amazon basin, the Borneo rainforest, and equatorial Africa. In addition to crocodiles, Agnew finds the medium well suited to depicting caves and nocturnal scenes.
A Traveling Museum Exhibition
Produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C.
John Agnew is an artist of the natural world. His career began in natural history museums, where he has designed exhibits, produced illustrations and painted murals and dioramas for museums and zoos around the country and as far away as Moscow. Since the early 80’s, John has produced nearly thirty thousand square feet of murals and dioramas in the Cincinnati area for museums, zoos, and parks.
John Agnew is a Signature member and on the Board of Directors of the Society of Animal Artists, an international society of the world's finest wildlife artists. His work has been featured in Art and the Animal, Arts For the Parks, Birds In Art, and many more museum exhibits.
In 2007 he was the Grand Prize winner of the national juried show, Paint the Parks and has received the Award of Excellence in the Society of Animal Artists' prestigious Annual Exhibition four times. In 2001, North Light Books published his book, “Painting The Secret World of Nature,” and his work has been featured in numerous other books, magazines and journals.
John Agnew has traveled worldwide in search of his subjects, and his natural history paintings are in collections around the world.
Designated as a "Master Scratchboard Artist" by the International Society of Scratchboard Artists, his level of detail and precision is rarely matched.
CONTACT:
David J. Wagner, Ph.D.
Curator/Tour Director
David J. Wagner, L.L.C., Tour Office
Phone: (414) 221-6878;
Email: davidjwagnerllc@yahoo.com
Website: davidjwagnerllc.com
Exhibition Highlights
