John Shave paints in a modern, impressionist style, capturing atmosphere and mood, evocative of a place or a moment in time, such as the pause before dusk or the still calm of morning.
John is a member of The Wapping Group of Artists and The East Anglian Marine Artists.
He regularly exhibits at The Mall Galleries London, at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Royal Society of Marine Painters, the Wapping Group and The Royal Society of British Artists.
John teaches residential summer schools for art centres ,demonstrates and runs workshops for art societies and teaches at home.
John mainly paints in oils, but his small 'wet in wet' watercolours have been very popular in galleries. 
John is available for Portrait and other commissions.
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