Welcome to John DeFrancesco's Website

Welcome to John DeFrancesco's, Colorado Oil Painter, Website

Biography

John DeFrancesco was educated as a landscape architect and horticulturist. His interest in plants and gardens is evident in many of his oil paintings.

Subtlety and softness of mood, edges and color are distinctive in his work. He paints both large canvases and small works, including miniature paintings as small as 2 by 3-inches.

His favorite subject matter includes landscapes, gardenscapes and townscapes. He also paints portraits in oil of people, pets and homes by commission.

John was born in Stamford, Connecticut. He graduated from the University of Connecticut and served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy. He was a public relations consultant in Chicago, where he headed his own consulting firm.

He and his wife moved from Chicago to Monument, Colorado in 1998 and he began then to paint full time. He paints en plein air and in his home studio.

John De Francesco

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008, Lucy Owens Gallery, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, Colorado
2008, Bella Panini, Palmer Lake, Colorado
2007, Bella Art & Frame, Monument, Colorado
2004, Pikes Peak Library District, Penrose Library, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2003, Pikes Peak Library District, Monument Colorado

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002-2007, Palmer Lake Art Group Winter Show, Colorado Springs and Palmer Lake , Colorado
2007-2007, Palmer Lake Art Group Spring Show, Colorado Springs and Palmer Lake, Colorado
2007, Pikes Peak Library District “Gardens: Nature’s Palette” Juried Exhibit, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2005-2007, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts Member Show, Palmer Lake, Colorado
2007, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts “From the Earth” Juried Exhibit, Palmer Lake, Colorado
2007, El Dorado Fine Arts Gallery, 27th Annual Juried Miniatures Art Show, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2004, Art at 50 Plus, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2002-2004, U.S. Air Force Academy Fine Arts Exhibit, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Awards

2007, 2nd Place, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, “From the Earth” Juried Exhibit, oil still life, “Brass Kettle”
2007, Merit, Palmer Lake Art Group, oil, “Italian Farmhouse”
2006, 1st Place, Palmer Lake Art Group, oil, “Lake Windemere”
2006, 3rd Place, Palmer Lake Art Group, oil, “French Village”
2005, Merit, Palmer Lake Art Group, oil, “Autumn Glow”
2004, 1st Place, U.S. Air Force Academy Fine Art Exhibit, oil portrait, “Old Woman”
2003, 3rd Place, Palmer Lake Art Group, acrylic, “Pumpkin Patch”
2003, 3rd Place, Art at 100 Exhibit, oil portrait, “Generational Love”
2002, 1st Place, U.S. Air Force Academy Fine Art Exhibit, photography, “Climbers” and 2nd Place, photography, “Evening Light”
2002, Merit, Palmer Lake Art Group, oil, “Feeding Time”

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