John is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico and has been working as an artist for 27 years. He began with woodcarvings in high school. He won a ribbon on a carving of a pack mule in the New Mexico state fair. This spurred him on to think of making art his life's ambition. He received formal training at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He began his career as a sculpture working in wood carving and then bronze. Horses have always been one of his favorite subjects. Growing up and caring for them all his life enables him to capture the true spirit of the horse in every medium he chooses -- wood, clay, bronze or paper.