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John Bader
7578 North Bel Air Road
Casa Grande, AZ 85222
Www.johnbader.50megs.com
Southwestern Art & Design
Nebraska born, Missouri raised, now
based around the Phoenix area; southwestern
artist, John Bader is nationally recognized for his
award winning “mixed-media” art work. His unique, hand painted, relief
sculpture work has made him a featured artist in several local and
national publications.
John’s art work is outstanding and in a class of its own. He has a
Bachelor or Arts degree from the University of Nebraska.
Over the years, John has developed a unique blend of composite
materials that gives a three-dimensional effect to his work, allowing the
viewers the opportunity to feel as though they are “walking right into the
artwork itself”.
Each hand crafted original art piece begins with John’s use of
high-density polyurethane foam and modeling clay. A special blend of
composite materials, personally developed by John is applied over the
piece giving it added depth and texture and thus helping create a very
realistic effect. To add to the three three-dimensional effect, John
hand-paints each piece with acrylic paints, cleverly using colors and
shadows to enhance it. He then adds final touches such as ladders or
doors, to his “pueblo”
scenes, and saguaro
cacti orocotillos to his
desert landscapes.
John also
produces a wonderful
and original line of
petroglyphs that are
hand-sculpted and cast
in his own special blend of composite materials.
Each petroglyph is hand-painted and uniquely designed. These
can all be used indoors, and many are weatherproof so as to be hung
outdoors.