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John Trickett...Artist
When the "Shooting Times" declared John Trickett as the "finest Labrador painter in England, if not the world", they were really echoing the thoughts of many before and many since. Indeed, when Franklin Mint of America published several of John Trickett's paintings on limited edition plates in 1996, they repeated the fact that John is one of the finest painters of labradors in the world.
It was, of course, with a labrador painting that John Trickett won the silver medal in the International Animal Painters, competition in France. This is the only time John's work has been put forward for a public exhibition and this only because Sally Mitchell entered the picture without his knowledge.
In 1996 John Trickett was featured in an article on leading dog artists in "Gundogs" magazine.
What few people know is that John Trickett's' amazing ability is not limited to painting dogs. John's shooting scenes, river scapes and sea scapes all exude atmosphere. John Trickett's Norfolk scenes and his Scottish Loch scenes each draw you into them and invite you to relax and become part of them.
John Trickett is a natural colourist with a great eye for composition and feel for atmosphere. These are qualities that have come from within and have not been influenced by art college. Indeed, the first time Sally Mitchell met John Trickett she asked if he had been to art school. John replied that he had. The second time she met John he was with his wife and Sally asked, on this occasion, which art school he had been to. His wife exclaimed, "Oh John, you didn't say you went to art school! You were only there for a morning, you left at lunchtime!".
John Trickett has always been quite a character. He trained first as an accountant and then took the opportunity to play professional football. John still plays for a hobby, although he is now in danger of being overtaken by his son!
Many limited edition prints have been published after John Trickett's work and have rapidly become collector's items. John Trickett has collectors all over the world and his works hang in Japan, America, Australia and many European countries.
See below for Limited Edition Prints by John Trickett |
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