Artist Statement:
     I’m forty-six years old and I’ve done over four hundred paintings that I’m proud of.  The more I paint the more efficient I become, and, although I lost over a decade to schizophrenia, (and the qualified paintings I might’ve produced), I found the right combination of medicines that made it possible for me to paint with both patience and all of my attention. 

     Painting makes me feel that I am part of something greater than myself; I believe in a collective unconscious, and energies that exist in higher dimensions—driving us to love each other and treat each other with kindness and respect. 

     John Swofford graduated from Clayton State University with an Associate of Arts degree in painting.

He was featured in Create! Magazine issue #47.   (2024)

     He was selected for Aedra Fine Arts online exhibit: Rise   (2024). 

     He was featured in L’EXPOSITION Autumn exhibition and catalog.  (2024)  

     He came in third place in the American Art Awards Impressionist category.  (2024)  

     He was Chosen for Ten Moir gallery Light and Shadow Art Exhibition. (2024)

    He was chosen for Ten Moir gallery Landscape Art Exhibition.  (2024)

     He lives in Rex, Georgia.