John Veteri

My mother was an artist, and I was inspired by her miraculous ability to take a blank canvas and create it into a work of art. My father, a house builder, had the remarkable ability to sketch buildings and house plans. I used to doodle on anything that I could find, from a piece of paper to a concrete sidewalk. I tried numerous times enrolling into art classes, but ended up failing or dropping out each time. Finally I realized that these classes were trying to teach me techniques that I didn’t feel comfortable with; so I started drawing what came natural to me. Over the years, family and friends would tell me my drawings were really good and that I should continue to draw more. My inspiration came one day three years ago when my older sister found a doodle of a city that I created in 1985; that doodle, and the fact that my family just returned from a trip to Italy in 1999 made me start drawing again. When I view these buildings I see them as others do. ut,B as you will notice in the work, from my eyes to my hands I interpret these structures different on paper. “I am inspired and motivated by many things: my parents, architecture and the many cities I have visited.  When I view buildings and cityscapes, I see them as others do, but from my eyes to my hands I interpret these structures different on paper” John Veteri.