Introduction



The following pages present you with a selection of paintings from 2006 - 2011, and include recent work from a one-man exhibition 'Selected Paintings', Harbour Arts Centre, July 2010.

John Ferry graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1985. During the following years he has held Scottish Arts Council & British Council funded residencies and exhibited work throughout the UK, Europe, USA.

Many of his recent paintings are influenced by the coastal environment of North Ayrshire, and make references to journeys, drawing inspiration from filmic, painterly and literary influences such as Herzog, Turner & Beckett.