John Collette was born in Boston on Christmas Day in 1941. In his early twenties he studied music and art at Boston University. During the summers he would visit Quebec City , where he sketched the quaint old parts of town and sold his work to tourists. While there in the spring of 1968 he met his future wife, Carol. John continued to paint and sell his work through galleries in Boston and Philadelphia while attending university. His early work in watercolors and ink paved the way for the development of his distinctive hand colored etching technique, to which he devoted himself for more than 25 years. John also did a series of paintings of the Hudson River Valley for limited edition giclee prints. John’s work is well-known in the United States and abroad, and is included in many private, corporate, and public collections. For the last 13 years of his life he spent most of his time in New England and Hawaii. John Collette passed away in Boston in September of 1997. |
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| Back Street 18" x 26" | | | On the Hill 18" x 26" | ||
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| Street Lamp 5.5" x 3.5" | | | Gateway 5.5" x 3.5" | ||
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| Gateway in Summer 12"x8" | | | Brownstones in Spring 12"x8" | ||
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| Camden Harbor 8" x 12" | | | Curtis Light 8" x 12" | ||
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| Gay Head Light 8" x 12" | | | Beach Cottage 3.5" x 5.5" | ||
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| Thimble Islands 3.5" x 5.5" | | | Castle Hill Light 3.5"x5.5" | ||
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| Mooring 3.5" x 5.5" | | | Stony Creek 3.5" x 5.5" | ||
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| Swan Boat 3.5" x 5.5" | | | Fresh Snow 26" x 18" | ||
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| Ocean Point 4.5" x 4.5" | |||||
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