JOHN WOLFE
“Happiness is work, work is happiness.”
BIOGRAPHY
John Wolfe was born in Vernon, Texas on August 23rd, 1947. He graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 1970 with a degree in Art Education, completing his Masters at the University of Central Oklahoma in 1976. For 35 years, Wolfe taught art in the Midwest City-Del City school system. He was an adjunct at Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma and Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado. John's work has been exhibited extensively across Oklahoma and the surrounding region. Adept at working in several media including painting, assemblages and sculptural forms, his painting frequently features architecture and his sculpture work often incorporates found objects.
ARTIST INSIGHTS
How are your background and life experiences connected to your art?
We are where we came from.
Who are some of your biggest artistic influences?
The environment.
How have you developed your artist career?
Persistence.
What does your artistic work intend to communicate to its audience?
All I want to achieve is a response, an emotion, a reaction.
Does your work comment on any current social or political issues?
On occasion.
What is one thing you would like your audience to know about you?
I work hard at what I do.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I do what I do as I want to do, only trying to please myself. The work should speak for itself.
Church, Tecumseh, Oklahoma by John Wolfe
Church, McLoud, Oklahoma by John Wolfe
“All I want to achieve is a response, an emotion, a reaction.”
JOHN WOLFE’S AVAILABLE ART
“I do what I do as I want to do, only trying to please myself. The work should speak for itself.”
By John Wolfe
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Ceramic, Wood
19 × 5 × 3.5 in
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