Biography of artist John Alcock

                                            GOOD  ART is window to the soul of the artist ,refection of the true inner self. It should reflect on or be a reflection of community values. For the observer ,good art should touch the soul and be reflected there.

    Born 26 July 1950 in Walpeup, Victoria , Australia.

 I grew up in the small Mallee town of Walpeup. At an early age my parents shaped my interest in the arts and the Australian bush and developed a great love and respect for both. As a teenager I was further influenced by the Impressionists. I was fascinated by the use of colour to create an illusion of shape and depth. Later I was influenced one of the expressionist  with his use of pure colour in a highly disciplined and restrictive manner to create works of harmony and balance. These days I try to work free of outside influences.

     No computers were used in the creation of these works! 

Statement of art style

My work is fundamentally about the environment, exploring concepts of time and space. Drawn from the fundamental understanding of our environment. As in Australia we have a deep spiritual bond with the bush which we love so much. We are locked into this eternal struggle with our environment, leaving us with feeling of awe and at time dread. We are bond together in our love of this unforgiving land with it's long devastating droughts, the beauty of wildflowers after the rain. The terrible bush fires that can be so distructive. So we dance this dance together this ancient land and us. Locked into this in this land of extremes we love so much with her droughts, floods and  devastating bush fires. Yet it is a land of rugged beauty, to which many do fall under her spell. I am trying to express this through my symbolic portal of the Australian bush in all forms and moods.