John Vazalinskas - Biography page 2

John Vazalinskas is a Canadian artist living in Montreal, Quebec whose portrayals of a wide variety of colourful and intriguing subjects usually draw viewers to place themselves within the paintings and relive moments that they have experienced and want to remember.

Painting made a strong impression on him from early childhood when, in wartime Europe, his artist father provided him with storybooks that he had made, complete with watercolour pictures. John was thus inspired to draw and paint throughout his life. Graduation from McGill University with an engineering degree led to a 35-year career in the corporate world that eventually interrupted his painting but not his love of art.

As planned, upon early retirement, he resumed painting with new fervour and in his new preferred medium of oils. Although mainly self-taught, he continued to expand his experience at the Saidye Bronfman School of Fine Arts in Montreal and through numerous art workshops. He is an active member of several artist associations and his paintings can be seen in their regular group exhibitions as well as in galleries or solo art shows in the Montreal area and Eastern Ontario They are in private collections across Canada, in the U.S.A., Europe and Australia.

John has been an active member of Artistes Hudson Artists since 1998 and he still participates in this association's exhibitions twice yearly. He is the donor of a painting for the NOVA raffle to be held during this Spring's show in April (see Arts Hudson section on Artistes Hudson Artists). He was President of the association for a few years and a member of its Executive Committee until last year even though he moved from Saddlebrook to Saint-Laurent in 2005. He continues to frequent Hudson business establishments regularly and is delighted to note that many prominent residents of the Hudson area are still collecting his artwork.

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“My works do not require lengthy or pretentious explanations. They are meant to be moments captured in time which, while intended to please viewers, should also tell them something about me. Nothing is more inspiring to me than seeing that a painting of mine has evoked a pleasant memory or brought a smile to someone’s face.”

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