Husband, Father, Friend, Creator, Disciple

John Barrick was born in San Jose, CA. From an early age, John helped his father build various projects for their house and learn the principles of general construction. By age 7, he started drawing images seen in the skateboard, surf, and Chicano culture. Watching cartoons was and is his favorite pastime, making him realize people can create a world where the only limit is his or her imagination. With that knowledge, John's life began to revolve around the arts.

As he grew, John’s perspective of art broadened when he realized everything in the world, including this beautiful earth, was created by artists. As a teenager, John devoted all of his time to the crafts of painting canvases and murals, building skateboard ramps and bmx jumps, drawing cartoon characters, and building cars. He attended community college where teachers challenged him to elevate his technical drawing and painting skills. At the same time, John picked up jewelry fabrication, sculpture, and graphic design. It was an opportunity to use this newfound knowledge in future projects.

By 19 years old, John was given the opportunity to paint murals at a church he attended which gave him a real start in the career of painting.  He was also hired to paint signs for a couple local restaurants, putting the study of letter forms and sign-writing in his mind. These two crafts would merge to become John's livelihood.

John continued to paint fine art in a semi-impressionistic style, using a 17th century Dutch color palette with the subject matter being surreal images of monsters and parodies of Old Masters' paintings. It was in 2010 when Barrick decided to follow his calling to be a full time fine artist! 

John Barrick is growing as an artist daily, applying new techniques and styles to every project he creates. He plans to learn and create until the day he dies, all the time being dedicated to quality craftsmanship.