Saturday, November 21, 2009

Facing West Book

This little book was made for the current show FACING WEST | JOHN NAVA PAINTINGS at Sullivan Goss Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA. The title comes from a poem by Walt Whitman.



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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Drawings Book

I put this book together for an upcoming show at Klaudia Marr Gallery in Santa Fe. There is a complete online preview of the book at the Blurb.com bookstore.View book at Blurb.com Bookstore

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Upper Ojai

Painted this afternoon in the Upper Ojai.

Upper Ojai 1 | 2009 | 10 x 8 inches | Oil on Panel


Monday, October 12, 2009

Figge Art Museum Installation

Currently installed at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa
The Figge Art Museum designed by David Chipperfield and sited overlooking the Mississippi River.







W Haiku | John Nava | Triptych | Tapestry, 114 x 240 inches | 2006

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Beach Painting

Summerland 12-2 - John Nava - 2009 - 78 x 48 inches - oil on canvas

Summerland 12-2 - John Nava - 2009 - detail - oil on canvas

Friday, August 21, 2009

St. Stephen's Tapestries

An installation of nine large scale tapestries - average height 23' - for the newly built church of St. Stephen Deacon and Martyr in El Paso, Texas.  

View from the entrance with eight figures along the left side wall. Left to right Juan Diego, Rose of Lima, Martin of Porres, Katharine Drexel, Pedro de Jesus Maldonado Lucero, Dorothy Day, Kateri Tekakwitha and Stephen.
    
View across the altar area toward the Our Lady of Guadalupe chapel. 



Friday, July 24, 2009

Aphrodite of Rhodes

Here are a couple of images of a famous crouching Aphrodite from the Greek island of Rhodes and a recent painting based on it. The images are from the Time. Inc site which announces that they may be used for non-commercial purposes. The sculpture photos appear to be from old (1936) pictures made by Alinari, the venerable Italian art image resource.



Summerland Rhodes | John Nava | 2009 | 18 x 20 inches | oil on canvas

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Golden Section at the Beach

(the image in the video is Summerland 12 - 2)

Summerland 13 | John Nava | 2009 | 48 x 29.5 inches | oil on canvas


Summerland 13 | John Nava | 2009 | detail | oil on canvas

Monday, June 15, 2009

Plein Air


Topa Topa | 2009 | 14 x 11 inches | oil on panel 

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Drawings

More Monday night figure drawings.




Thursday, June 4, 2009

Covers


Detail from a tapestry: Portrait of R.E (II), 80 x 80 inches, edition of 10

Detail from a painting: Portrait of Kelly M. (with Mavis), 42 x 48 inches, 1997

Detail from a painting: Study for a Virgin, 18 x 16 inches, 2001

Detail from a painting: Portrait of L., 22 x 24 inches, 2003
A cover for an Italian novel, Channel Zero. The tag line reads " Daria is 18 years old. She has murdered her parents".

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Charioteer

Details of the head of the bronze charioteer at the Archaeological Museum at Delphi, Greece. Photographed May 2009. 




Monday, June 1, 2009

Drawings

From an open evening figure drawing studio run by Santa Barbara City College. All from approximately half hour poses, pencil on paper, 9 x 12 inches.





On the Beach

At Hendry's | 2008 | 14 x 11 inches | oil on panel

From Mussel Shoals | 2009 | 10 x 8 inches | oil on panel

Summerland 1 | 2009 | 10 x 8 inches | oil on panel

Summerland 2 | 2009 | 10 x 8 inches | oil on panel

Summerland 3 | 2009 | 10 x 8 inches | oil on panel