JOHN LINTOTT

Grand Junction, Colorado

John Lintott lives in Grand Junction, Colorado with his wife Emily and their three daughters. He works part-time as the co-executive director of the Colorado National Monument Association and organizes the park’s Monuments and Canyons Plein Air Invitational. He paints in his studio at home and has painted in numerous plein air events including the Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational, the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art, and the Sedona Plein Air Festival. John’s work was selected for the 2020 and 2021 Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition, and the 2021 and 2022 Oil Painters of America National Exhibition. He has exhibited in the Colorado Governor’s Art Show in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022. In early 2022 John was invited to become a signature member of the Plein Air Painters of America (PAPA).

The Grand Canyon is so beautiful, so vast in its existence, one can only try to process the emotions that it brings on when staring out into its expanse. Years ago, when I started to paint the Grand Canyon, I didn’t realize how difficult it would be or continue to be. Ultimately, I began to look at the canyon as an abstract play of light and shadow. The emotions that are brought forth for me vary between solace, reflection, and serenity, to joy, excitement, and hope.

My painting for this year’s Celebration of Art represents the time when the last light hits the vastness of the canyon, and the shadows take over, winning their struggle for the day. One day ends, only to bring forward a new one complete with new emotions to be experienced. I am honored to have the opportunity to translate my interpretation of the emotions of this great park.

Endurance of Shadows | 24x36, oil