Jackie Robinson painting

I had started on this painting awhile ago for

a video someone was doing about me and

I never had a chance to finish it. It was

just a short segment showing me painting

one of these large scle pieces of art. I

worked on the piece last week and it's now

finished. Painting of Jackie Robinson by

John Robertson is approximately

50" x 70" acrylic/latex on unstretched canvas.

Snowman - Christmas Seasons Greetings

Snowman - Christmas Seasons Greetings
"Hey! You on the cell phone. HELLO!"
painting is 50" x 70" acrylic/latex
on unstretched canvas.
John Robertson

Woman’s face portrait

I saw the woman. I liked her face. I painted it.
The woman’s portrait by John Robertson is approximately
50” x 70” acrylic/latex on unstretched canvas.

Acid Test Portrait

This portrait is of a well-known gallery owner (both NY

and LA) and art savant who was instrumental in my
development as an artist. (Although she has not a clue
to that fact) As this portrait of her is not particularly
flattering her name shall remain anonymous. I will
give a hint for those in the “art scene” (which by the
way I have avoided like the plague) She was at one
time referred to as “de Kooning’s California girl.”
After I had been painting for a couple of years
(this was about twenty years ago) I had an opportunity
to show her my work and wanted some direction as
to attending art school. She looked at my paintings,
gave a slight roll of the eyes (I’m sure in disdain)
and said I should not attend art school as it would
only teach me how to paint like the instructors. She
suggested that I paint three or four hundred paintings
and that would help me develop my own style and
technique. I told her that I had already painted
about four hundred paintings. She said, “Well, you
need to paint four-hundred more.” She was right and
I now graciously thank her for that great piece of
advice. What she taught me in that statement was
to paint how I wanted to paint – not how anyone else
wanted me to paint. Of course, the outcome of that
kind of advice leads to a portrait of her painted
how I wanted to paint it. The painting is
approximately 50” x 70” acrylic/latex on unstretched canvas.

Photo below is Thanksgiving Day (yesterday) on the
Beach for Breakfast

Photo is some of us on Thanksgiving morning. We went
to the beach (My studio is right across from the beach)
and had a big breakfast of bacon, french toast fried
in the bacon fat, (that fat helped us last until the
turkey time on the avocado farm) orange juice and
lots of fruit (which sat nicely in the bowl and was
not eaten). Who would want to spoil French
toast with fruit?

Thanksgiving Day surfer with dolphin in the photo.
You can see the the dolphin off to the right just
above the surf line. Another day in Paradise.

Santa Claus Painting

One of my friends wanted a Santa Claus painting
for Christmas so I painted this 50" x 70" portrait
of "Santa" also known as Saint Nicholas,
Father Christmas, or Kris Kringle.

Boy Portrait

This portrait of a young boy is part of a series for a
family in Florida . If you scan down on the blog you
should be able to see the other three members of the family.
The painting is 50" x 70" acrylic/latex on unstretched canvas. Yes I do accept
commissions. If you look at the column to the right
you will see a link to my pricing policy.

Portrait of Man

Portrait painting by John Robertson is
approximately 50" x 70" acrylic/latex
on unstretched canvas.

Yes I do take commissions. See Pricing Policy
in the right hand column.

Portrait of Man - Painting by John Robertson

Portrait of Man
approximately 45" x 60" acrylic/latex
on unstretched canvas
Yes I do commissions. See pricing
Policy in the right column

Portrait of Man - Painting by John Robertson

Portrait of Man
approximately 48" x 60"
Acrylic/latex on unstretched canvas
Yes I do commissions. For Pricing Policy
look at the right hand column.

Portrait of Man - Painting by John Robertson

60" x 72" acrylic/latex
on unstretched canvas.
Portrait of man
(Yes I do commissions. See pricing policy
in the right-hand column)

Sea Glass Mask for Halloween

Sea Glass Mask

11" high by 9" wide by 3 1/2 deep

I made this Halloween mask from sea
glass found on the beach across from
my studio. To see the studio you can
click on the link and image of the great
ocean view in the upper corner

Painting: Portrait of Man

approximately 50" x 70" acrylic/latex on
unstretched canvas.
This is a portrait of Stephen in Florida. You can
see a painting of his wife if you scroll down
on the blog. This was painted over the last few days.
Yes - I do accept commissions
painting portrait by John Robertson

Joe DiMaggio Portrait painting by John Robertson

50" x 70" acrylic/latex
on unstretched canvas.

Paul Simon says in his famous Song Mrs. Robinson,
"Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?" That's one
of the great social political statements of
our time.

Roberto Clemente Portrait by John Robertson

50" x 70" acrylic/latex
on unstretched canvas

The great baseball player Roberto Clemente won 12 Gold Glove Awards for his outstanding defense (a record among outfielders, which he shares with fellow legend Willie Mays) To see the paintings of Willie Mays that I did for Fox Sports and the All Star Game Interview in the 2007 season, click on link (Here is the link to this page on my blog) It was used in an interview with Derik Jeter and Ken Griffey, Jr. during the pre-game show for the 2007 All-star game. A link to the interview with Willie Mays is on that blog page.

Portrait of Women

approximately 50" x 70" acrylic/latex on
unstretched canvas
This is a portrait of a woman in Florida.
It was painted over the last few days.
Yes - I do accept commissions

mike almost thirty portrait

48" x 60" acrylic/latex on unstretched canvas

Living your dream!

This is a painting is of Mike who stopped to see me on his traveling
adventure. Here is info from his website http://almostthirty.net/
that tells what his dream is and what he is doing. One of his dreams
was to have is portrait painted and I accommodated him when he
came by a few days ago on his travels from the east coast.
Visit his website and see his progress report.

Almost thirty - Adventure or Bust

“I decided to use the last two months of my twenties to try
and travel to all fifty states, meeting as many interesting people
as possible, and write a book about the experience. I recently turned
thirty, but still have too much to do and too many people to meet
so I will continue on for an undisclosed amount of time. I've met
some really amazing people so far who I never would have known
existed if it wasn't for this venture, and plan on meeting plenty
more. Let me know if you have any thoughts or suggestions.
Hope to see you out there on the road! –Mike”