John True has been creating art for as long as he can remember.  He sold his first piece of art at the age of 11, a sculpture of toothpicks.  He has really never considered any other carrer.  John's vision for paintings is that every one should tell a story: 

"Most abstracts, even good ones, lay still on their canvas.  Good composition and color cannot on its own tell a story.  If something is moving it's going somewhere, and it's come from somewhere else.  That's what a story is.  How do you make an abstract painting tell a story?  In your mind you take a still shot of the paint as it moves and runs or dances, jumps, wiggles, and swirls.  Years of failed experimentation have yielded these abstrat paintings [seen on this website] that are so full of movement and life." - John True, artist & sculpter

Every painting on this site has a story.  From the Paintings and Sculptures tab click on the MORE INFO button to see the a synopsis of the story for that painting.

John True's history:

Although he has produced worked in various genres and mediums he prefers abstract and sculpture as demonstrated throughout this website.

He attended Parson's College in New York, NY. 

He has shown at galleries in California and New York. 

His work is permenantly on display at his Studio True Gallery in the NoDa art district of Charlotte, North Carolina.