By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the first of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by contemporary American landscape painter Jack Hannula (born 1945 in Gardner, Massachusetts).

 

Jack Hannula began life with childhood inspiration and instruction from his artist-teacher mother. After earning a B.S. in Environmental Design from the University of Massachusetts, Jack went on to receive a diploma from the Conway School of Landscape Design and in 1977, a Masters in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University ‘s Graduate School of Design where he won the prestigious Webbel Prize for "excellence in landscape design." 

 

His love for classical painting was pursued in tandem with studies at the Art League School in Alexandria, Va., at the Plein Air School of Painting in Paris and with nationally- recognized landscape painter, Bob Rohm. He paints full time and can often be found painting on the streets of Washington and New York.

 

Jack has held professorships at the University of Georgia and the Universite’ de Montreal; and also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Iran where he designed parks and did landscape art.  Jack has always considered landscape design as a form of "living art" and the ultimate "installation art."  
 

Today, Jack resides in Washington, D.C. where he was President of the Arts Club of Washington (2011-2012), and where he also served as Exhibit Committee Chair, officer and member, Board of Governors (www.artsclubofwashington.org)

 

Jack was also a member of the International Artists Support Group (IASG) where he served as President from 2000 – 2002. He has exhibited his art internationally - in India, China, Russia and Egypt. He currently exhibits his art at the Arts Club's Spilsbury Gallery in downtown Washington. His vibrant city scenes and landscapes are in various private and public collections.  Much of his art may be viewed on his website and on his Facebook page. 

 

Besides being an active artist, Jack is also a poet, writing in the Romantic style.