About the artist:

John Axton’s simple, dramatic, often haunting imagery has created a large following. His minimal horizons, even a single marble - draw the viewer into the canvas to peacefully contemplate the fusion of reality and imagination. John was awarded the “Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award” by his alma mater, Southern Illinois University in 1988 when they established a summer arts program in his name. His inclusion in “Covering the West”, the prestigious traveling exhibition curated by the editors of Southwest Art Magazine in 1996, introduced John's art to visitors of the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM, the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK , the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, CA and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO. John has exhibited in several group museum shows including the Albright-Knox Museum in Buffalo, New York, the Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, the McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX, and the Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, PA. John Axton's paintings are in the permanent collections of the Pratt Museum in New York and The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM. Born Princeton, Indiana - 1947 Album cover illustration for Vienna Philharmonic Vienna Permanent collection Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM Permanent collection Pratt Museum, New York, NY 20 works acquired by perm. coll. of So. Ill. Univ. Southern Illinois University "John Axton Institute" Southern Illinois University "Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award" Southern Illinois University Exhibitions 1986–1997 Group and Invitational Exhibitions, Ventana Fine Art Santa Fe, NM 1986–1997 One Man Exhibition, Ventana Fine Art Santa Fe, NM 1995–1996 "Covering the West", The Best of SW Art, Traveling exhibition 1994 Group Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum Philadelphia, PA 1994 Group Exhibition, Albright Knox Museum Buffalo, NY 1986 Group Exhibition, Denver Art Museum Denver, CO 1984 Group Exhibition, McNay Museum San Antonio, TX