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John trained as an Art teacher at Doncaster and in Drama at Derby University. After teaching Art and Drama for several years John became founder member and artistic director of Compact Theatre and has acted professionally (as Harry Connolly) since 1992. John divides his time between painting, acting and writing (with a bias towards painting most recently). John has written three plays, which have been toured nationally, and he also sings with the oldest boyband in the world ‘Old Spice'. To balance the books, John teaches Art in Derbyshire and sings with ' Old Spice' who were recently re named, 6meninblack.com/ Since 2002 , John has visited Dubai several times, performing with Compact Theatre for Streetwise Fringe. In that time, John has been inspired by the colours, textures and vastness of the desert and has produced a number of paintings for the Majlis Gallery in Dubai. ARTISTS STATEMENT One
of my aims as a performing artist and writer is to make my work accessible
to those
who do not normally go to the theatre. The plays I have written have
all attracted ‘new audiences’ to many theatres both in
this country and abroad.
In much of his current work, John is drawn towards the sea and bleakest parts of Cornwall, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, making the point of interest the horizon where the contrasts of colour, texture and the ever changing light over water enable him to create work with drama and emotion. John rarely includes people in his paintings hoping that the ‘observer’ can experience a feeling of remoteness and ‘sense of place’. Where figures do appear, this is usually to provide focus and scale to the work. COLLECTIONS.
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