John Osgood is a Seattle based artist who works with many mediums, but primarily focuses on acrylics, oils, and spray paint. Before his move to Pullman to go to college at Washington State University he started experimenting with oil paints and never looked back. With the idea of “cover the whole page or canvas” and “anything can be covered up” John’s style of loose splashes of paint with a constant covering of blocking and lines gave way to how he creates today. John’s work is loose, hectic, and chaotic which he likes to show with his on going theme of “Faces”. John currently lives and works in the Greenwood area where he and his future wife run their gallery, Bherd Studios.

When creating my artwork I love that moment when I find something forming and I know that whatever I am working on has a direction, purpose, and a point. My work begins by letting unpredictable splashes and strokes of paint get pulled by gravitational flow down the canvas. After a series of loose gestures and blocking techniques, I look for highlighted ideas and cues to start forming my vision of the painting. I begin fleshing out the forms and soon a story unfolds, whether it’s humorous, sad, simple or complex. My loose beginnings turn into finely tuned forms that have a street style feel with a dash of cubism. My more recent artwork deals with the completion of thoughts, ideas, phases and feelings in ones mind through my series called “Faces”. Modern day life lends itself well to racing thoughts and busy lives. As a new full-time artist I am pulled in many different directions. I can’t just do artwork, I have to focus on making a living by marketing myself and tending to the business side of being an artist. In this way, I believe that we can all relate as we have our working lives and personal lives to balance. My goal is to continue to explore the “Faces” theme and find out where the evolution of my life as an artist takes me.