This is an online gallery of landscape paintings, line-art cartoons, illustrative graphics and other art by John Townes. Thanks for visiting. The site is divided into individual galleries by style and theme.
Photo-Free Zone — No photographs were captured or harmed in the making of these images. They were created by hand with a combination of traditional and digital methods.(Details.)
I use the term “digital painting” instead of “digital art” to describe that aspect of the art I do, because no photographs were captured or harmed in the making of these images. When you tell people an image is “digital … Continue Reading
Custom, signed prints of the art on this website are available for purchase. They are available in different sizes, and on archival paper upon request. For information on prices and options, please contact me by e-mail via the Contact page.
The landscapes depict the region that includes Berkshire County in western Massachusetts and the adjacent Hudson River Valley of New York state. They start as sketches of actual locations. As I paint, I do make alterations to emphasize a mood, feeling and sense of place. So, the finished painting does not exactly reproduce the details of the original location, but hopefully sense of it, and qualities that are shared in many other regions.