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John began his artistic career as a poet and artist in pointillism while attending the University of Pittsburgh in 1986. He never pursued his interest in photography until his later years. It was then that he produced such Awarded works as: “Pithole City Reflections”, “Generator House” and “Drifting Clouds.” John has won various awards through the North Hills Art Center, participated at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, and won 1st Place in the Professional Photography category at the Kennedale’s 49th Annual Arts Festival coordinated by the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism in 2005. John has six children, six grandchildren and two great grand children. ...

John was born in the north hills of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania during the winter of 1952. John attended the University of Pittsburgh during the mid-eighties where he took an Introduction to Poetry course and found his voice, using it as a learning and therapeutic aid to disclose his life. John takes you through an emotional transition in his life. From the serious moments that capture the emptiness of family and the heart-breaking emotional pain that he has suffered as an adolescent and young adult to the silliness of observing friends and people in everyday walks of life. Through the trials and tribulations in his life, John has obtained and acquired his own identity through his wri ...