John Byram WATERCOLORIST

John Byram has been painting in transparent watercolor for over twenty-five years.

Undertaking each painting with the words of Thomas Eliot in mind, “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go,” his goal is always to push the balance: between accurate representation and the wonderful chaos of the medium; between tight and loose brushwork; between what's deliberate and what almost paints itself.

John’s work has appeared in the Annual Arroyo Arts Discovery Tour, the Mohave County Museum, the Southwest Museum and the Acorn Gallery in Los Angeles. He studied under noted aquarellists Fealing Lin, Robert J. Uecker and Robert S. Oliver.

John is a member of Mid Valley Arts League and the Mount Washington Plein Air Painters. He conducts workshops and currently teaches classes through the City of Glendale’s Lifelong Learning Program. See his work at www.johnbyram.com

John is an award winning architect and has a Bachelor in Architecture from Arizona State University, a Masters of Architecture and City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives with his wife Simran, his son Neil, and a dog named Nick in Pasadena, California.