John Grant Photography

Updated Website

2011-11-04T06:21:00.000-07:00

At long last, several new galleries of my work have been added to my website. Please check it out!

www.johngrantstudios.com

First Place.

2011-05-19T05:40:00.000-07:00

I just learned that my "Fairy Tales and Reveries" work won First Place in the Portfolio Competition, International Garden Photographer of the Year--Kew Gardens, sponsored by the Royal Photographic Society, London. What a nice honor.

International Garden Photographer of the Year--Finalist

2011-03-14T07:04:00.001-07:00

Fingers crossed and all, I hope to become IGPOTY (don't laugh). My portfolio is a finalist in this competition sponsored by KEW gardens in London. Check it out:

http://tinyurl.com/46jxd8q

Le Zebre Bleu

2010-11-30T13:44:00.000-08:00

My latest work got posted today on one of my favorite blogs, Le Zebre Bleu. The following excerpt made my day:

Here is a video and some awe-inspiring pictures from JOHN GRANT's new series of work entitled THE LANGUAGE OF WATER where he captures the simple dispersion of ink into water. And the result is absolutely beautiful.
Mixed with the enchanting music, the stop-action video is passionate, dark, secret, enigmatic, sensual and lascivious and it really moved me. It left me somehow dreamy, anxious or worried, maybe sad but mostly contemplative, feeling like the whole beauty of the world and it's complexity could be seen through drops of ink in water. All I can say is : Amazing... This morning, the language of water is the language to my heart. I just wished the video would have kept through the whole song...

Check it out at: http://mariehelenesirois.blogspot.com/2010/11/john-grant.html

Woman of the Waters

2010-11-30T07:47:00.000-08:00

Still editing on this series. This lovely lady showed up last night. Very elegant.

The Medium

2010-06-19T18:57:00.001-07:00

More work with oil in water. Sometimes the results are startling. Click on the image for more detail.

Oil and Water--Experimental Work

2010-05-22T05:31:00.000-07:00

Several months before the big oil spill, I began experimenting with some imagery of pigmented oil dropped in water. I was amazed by the suggestive forms and shapes that began to appear. In one case, I made a mirror image, which is a gimmick, and something I rarely do, but I was even more amazed--I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Now with the oil spill continuing to gush, these images seem to take on added meaning. What do you think?

(be sure to enlarge for best view of the details)

Light Factory Charlotte Review

2010-05-08T06:49:00.000-07:00

If you're in the Charlotte area, I hope you can make it for the artist's reception on May 22.

Here's the info and a brief review.

http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/point8/tag/john-grant/

My good fortune...

2010-04-10T08:49:00.000-07:00

http://www.light-factory.org/exhibit-third-juried-annuale

"With this annual competition, The Light Factory asked photographers and artists throughout the world to submit their most challenging and inventive work for an exciting exhibition. "

This new juried exhibition at the Light Factory in Charlotte, N.C. will feature work from my "Fairytales and Reveries" series with resin coating.

Piedmont Council of the Arts--profile on John Grant

2009-12-14T06:12:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the interview PCA!--(please click)

"Fairytales and Reveries" at Second Street Gallery

2009-09-10T19:04:00.001-07:00

October the 2nd I'll be introducing my newest work which will feature resin coated works

from the series "Fairytales and Reveries." If you're in the area, I hope you can come by for the opening, or any time during the month.

A yummy new use of my Asian pear image

2009-05-27T06:56:00.000-07:00

From Shambhala Press http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/978-1-59030-364-1.cfm

Rouge et Noir

2009-05-12T09:46:00.001-07:00

More in the "Fairy Tales and Reveries" file.

Spring Chicken

2009-04-16T06:41:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I just don't know what is coming next. What do you think?

Nesting Instinct

2009-04-08T10:24:00.000-07:00

Latest in my ongoing series "Fairy Tales and Daydreams."

Trompe l'oeil

2009-02-24T07:47:00.000-08:00

A most interesting use of my work! The blue image at the top is an image called "Flying Peony Petals". I believe the building is somewhere in the UK.

Spawn

2009-02-23T17:28:00.000-08:00

This image from my series "Fairytales and Reveries" juried in to the International Photography Competition 2009 at Fraser Gallery in Bethesda, Maryland. The show will be hanging until March the 7th.

Anticipation

2009-02-04T10:29:00.001-08:00

Here's an edit on this piece. It always takes a while to come to a finishing point. This is my homage to the anticipation of Spring.

Twisted Landscape

2009-01-25T09:03:00.000-08:00

Another candidate for the "Fairytales and Reveries" series. The image "Spawn" from that series was recently juried in to the 8th Annual International Photography Competition to be held at Fraser Gallery in Bethesda, Maryland. Opening is February the 13th.

Enchanted Forest

2009-01-08T07:36:00.000-08:00

The latest in the "Fairytales and Reveries" series

Floating lanterns project

2008-12-18T06:36:00.000-08:00

From the recent one night group exhibition at Piedmont Virginia Community College,

curated and managed by James Yates and Beryl Solla. First collaborative project by Stacey Evans and John Grant.

Concept for scarf design

2008-12-01T07:17:00.000-08:00

2008-11-19T06:59:00.000-08:00

Hard and soft together, in a field of "deep space"--it's hard to keep the pearls floating like this.

Welcome

2008-10-27T11:33:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my new website and blog, introducing some new work "Fairytales and Reveries", in addition to a lot of updated information about what's been happening over the last year or two.