b. 1954
Impressionist
John Felsing’s art is distinguished by his soft palette and impressionistic interpretation of the natural world inspired by memory and experience. Felsing has little regard for labels defining his work or technique. His artistic response to the emotion of the moment is his primary interest. While his paintings have the appearance of landscapes, to him they can also be portraits, abstractions, or music.
Felsing’s method is to not intentionally look for a painting in nature. He walks the fields near his Michigan home with an open mind and acute senses. In his own words, “I am not interested in reproducing what is visible, but in attempting to make things visible. Not until I visit a place repeatedly, do I feel enough intimacy to attempt a painting; only then does one realize that art grows out of love.”
He has lived in the same house in rural Michigan for the past twenty years in an area defined by its woodlands, farmland, open fields, numerous streams, and broad horizons. All of his paintings depict the places he sees every day intentionally or serendipitously.
Selected Recent Exhibitions
2005 Coors Western Art Exhibition, Denver, CO
2003 Interior Landscapes: Paintings by John Felsing, Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Of Earth and Sky, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Atmospheres and Twilight, The Art of John Felsing, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000-2005 Western Visions Miniatures Show, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
Partial List of Collections:
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Selected Publications
2003 Southwest Art, Interior Landscapes: Paintings by John Felsing
2001 Southwest Art, Atmospheres and Twilight: The Art of John Felsing
1997 Southwest Art, The Best of Wildlife Painting
