John Dyer (painter)
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John Dyer is a Cornish
-based painter, focussing on colourful landscapes, architecture, gardens and notable events, especially in Cornwall.
Dyer was born in Ruishton, Somerset to artist parents, Ted Dyer and Vivien Hutchings.
The family moved to Cornwall in 1972 to Holywell Bay and John attended Cubert
County Primary School from 1973 to 1980 and Newquay Tretherras School
1980 to 1986, at both schools with the artist Joanne Short whom he married in 1997. His first published work aged 12 was landscape photography in Amateur Photography magazine. In his Foundation year at Falmouth College of Arts he was already selling images to publishers like Athena. He returned to lecture at Falmouth College of Arts in 1992. John completed his BA Hons Graphic Design studies at Middlesex Polytechnic in London, winning a bursary from Thames TV
as best student of his year to photograph and record the Amazon rainforest
, the first of many overseas and outdoors painting trips
John Dyer is the official artist for the Cornish section of the www.darwin200.org.uk working with Newquay Zoo
and Falmouth Art Gallery
, commemorating the arrival of Charles Darwin
at the end of his HMS Beagle
in Falmouth
on October 2, 1836.
This continues a commission partnership with Falmouth Art Gallery for the Brunel 200 bicentenary in 2006, celebrating the "Gateway to Cornwall" of the Royal Albert Bridge
in 1859 carrying the Great Western Railway
over the River Tamar
which opened up Cornwall to tourism, trade and the famous art colonies of Newlyn
and St Ives
.
As a painter of celebrations and events, John Dyer also painted the armada of ships celebrating the safe arrival of Ellen MacArthur
to Falmouth in 2005 after her non-stop single-handed round the world sailing trip of 27,000 miles. Falmouth harbour and Pendennis Castle
feature regularly in his paintings including of the Solar Eclipse on 11 August 1999.
John was also Official Artist for the Funchal 500 Falmouth Tall Ships Regatta in 2008, as well as the Falmouth Tall Ships Race in 1998. John was also commissioned by the architect MJ Long to paint the opening of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall
, Falmouth
designed by MJ Long.
His range of painting residencies include Trebah
Gardens , Glendurgan, Heligan, Trelissick, St. Michael's Mount and Tresco
gardens in Cornwall
and the isles of Scilly. He has worked extensively at the Eden Project
painting the Live8 Africa Calling concert in 2005 and the building and planting of the famous geodesic domes since 2000. He has also painted commissions for leading gardeners Tim Smit
of the Eden Project
, Alan Titchmarsh
and Kim Wilde
.
Other residencies or painting trips include Italy, Spain, Brittany, Côte d'Azur, Provence, Loire Valley, Costa Rica for INIBAP, the Philippines for the International Rice Institute and Banrock Station in South Australia as well as work for Save the Children Fund
and BBC
Children in Need
.
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
-based painter, focussing on colourful landscapes, architecture, gardens and notable events, especially in Cornwall.
Dyer was born in Ruishton, Somerset to artist parents, Ted Dyer and Vivien Hutchings.
The family moved to Cornwall in 1972 to Holywell Bay and John attended Cubert
Cubert
Cubert is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated three miles south-southwest of Newquay.Once known as St Cubert, the village is dominated by the spire of its 14th century church which was enlarged by the addition of a south aisle a century later.The village is named...
County Primary School from 1973 to 1980 and Newquay Tretherras School
Newquay Tretherras School
Newquay Tretherras School is a state school in Newquay, Cornwall. It is located in the north-east part of the town beside the A3058 road at .Tretherras is a mixed comprehensive school for pupils between the ages of 11 and 18. It is a Designated Technology College and the current headteacher is Mrs...
1980 to 1986, at both schools with the artist Joanne Short whom he married in 1997. His first published work aged 12 was landscape photography in Amateur Photography magazine. In his Foundation year at Falmouth College of Arts he was already selling images to publishers like Athena. He returned to lecture at Falmouth College of Arts in 1992. John completed his BA Hons Graphic Design studies at Middlesex Polytechnic in London, winning a bursary from Thames TV
Thames Television
Thames Television was a licensee of the British ITV television network, covering London and parts of the surrounding counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....
as best student of his year to photograph and record the Amazon rainforest
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
, the first of many overseas and outdoors painting trips
John Dyer is the official artist for the Cornish section of the www.darwin200.org.uk working with Newquay Zoo
Newquay Zoo
Newquay Zoo is a zoological garden located in Newquay, England. The zoo was opened in Cornwall on Whit Monday May 26, 1969 by the local council , it was privately owned by Mike Thomas and Roger Martin from 1993 until 2003...
and Falmouth Art Gallery
Falmouth Art Gallery
Falmouth Art Gallery is an art gallery in Cornwall, with one of the leading art collections in Cornwall and southwest England, which features work by old masters, major Victorian artists, British and French Impressionists, leading surrealists and maritime artists, children's book illustrators,...
, commemorating the arrival of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
at the end of his HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames, at a cost of £7,803. In July of that year she took part in a fleet review celebrating the coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom in which...
in Falmouth
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
on October 2, 1836.
This continues a commission partnership with Falmouth Art Gallery for the Brunel 200 bicentenary in 2006, celebrating the "Gateway to Cornwall" of the Royal Albert Bridge
Royal Albert Bridge
The Royal Albert Bridge is a railway bridge that spans the River Tamar in the United Kingdom between Plymouth, on the Devon bank, and Saltash on the Cornish bank. Its unique design consists of two lenticular iron trusses above the water, with conventional plate-girder approach spans. This gives...
in 1859 carrying the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
over the River Tamar
River Tamar
The Tamar is a river in South West England, that forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall . It is one of several British rivers whose ancient name is assumed to be derived from a prehistoric river word apparently meaning "dark flowing" and which it shares with the River Thames.The...
which opened up Cornwall to tourism, trade and the famous art colonies of Newlyn
Newlyn
Newlyn is a town and fishing port in southwest Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Newlyn forms a conurbation with the neighbouring town of Penzance and is part of Penzance civil parish...
and St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial...
.
As a painter of celebrations and events, John Dyer also painted the armada of ships celebrating the safe arrival of Ellen MacArthur
Ellen MacArthur
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, DBE is an English sailor, up until 2009, from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in West Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. She is best known as a solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005 she broke the world record for the fastest solo...
to Falmouth in 2005 after her non-stop single-handed round the world sailing trip of 27,000 miles. Falmouth harbour and Pendennis Castle
Pendennis Castle
Pendennis Castle is a Henrician castle, also known as one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, in the English county of Cornwall. It was built in 1539 for King Henry VIII to guard the entrance to the River Fal on its west bank, near Falmouth. St Mawes Castle is its opposite number on the east bank and...
feature regularly in his paintings including of the Solar Eclipse on 11 August 1999.
John was also Official Artist for the Funchal 500 Falmouth Tall Ships Regatta in 2008, as well as the Falmouth Tall Ships Race in 1998. John was also commissioned by the architect MJ Long to paint the opening of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth in Cornwall. The building was designed by architect M. J...
, Falmouth
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
designed by MJ Long.
His range of painting residencies include Trebah
Trebah
Trebah is a sub-tropical garden situated in Cornwall near Glendurgan Garden and above the Helford River .-History of Trebah:In 1831 Trebah was acquired by the Fox family who built Glendurgan Garden. Trebah was first laid out as a pleasure garden by Charles Fox, a Quaker polymath of enormous...
Gardens , Glendurgan, Heligan, Trelissick, St. Michael's Mount and Tresco
Tresco
Tresco is the second-biggest island of the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is in size, measuring about by .-History:In early times one group of islands was in the possession of a confederacy of hermits. King Henry I gave it to Tavistock Abbey which established a priory on Tresco;...
gardens in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
and the isles of Scilly. He has worked extensively at the Eden Project
Eden Project
The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall in the United Kingdom, including the world's largest greenhouse. Inside the artificial biomes are plants that are collected from all around the world....
painting the Live8 Africa Calling concert in 2005 and the building and planting of the famous geodesic domes since 2000. He has also painted commissions for leading gardeners Tim Smit
Tim Smit
Tim Smit KBE is a Dutch-born British businessman, famous for his work on the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project, both in Cornwall, Britain.-Biography:...
of the Eden Project
Eden Project
The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall in the United Kingdom, including the world's largest greenhouse. Inside the artificial biomes are plants that are collected from all around the world....
, Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Fred Titchmarsh, MBE DL is an English gardener, broadcaster and novelist. After working as a professional gardener and a garden journalist, he established himself as a media personality through appearances on gardening programmes...
and Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
.
Other residencies or painting trips include Italy, Spain, Brittany, Côte d'Azur, Provence, Loire Valley, Costa Rica for INIBAP, the Philippines for the International Rice Institute and Banrock Station in South Australia as well as work for Save the Children Fund
Save the Children
Save the Children is an internationally active non-governmental organization that enforces children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries...
and BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Children in Need
Children in Need
Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
.