John Howe
John Howe
John Howeis a Canadian book illustrator, living in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. One year after graduating from high school, he studied in a college in Strasbourg, France, then at the École des Arts Décoratifs...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth21 August 1957
CountryCanada
John Howe quotes about
art real school
My initial plan was to spend a year in France, go to some kind of school and learn a bit of French. I went a year in an American college in the outskirts of Strasbourg, but got a glimpse of a real art school, L'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, and enrolled the following year.
years ideas numbers
Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a number of authors I would be eager to illustrate.
drawing meditation paper
Daydreaming with pencil and paper is a respectable form of meditation.
moving character support
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.
art inspiration europe
Information and inspiration are everywhere... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the enduring myths and legends of Western culture.
came pursued
We came into this thing late. I would have pursued it if I had time.
child
She immediately stopped. It was her and that little child there alone.
art school thinking
I think I was interested in history without knowing it and that became very clear when I arrived in France. Everything that I was really interested in was there, but I knew nothing, no education, no art education, no education beyond high school. It was extremely overwhelming and it still is.