Bio
John Mannion is a woodworking artist who designs, builds, and paints art furniture. His experience restoring antique homes, while living upstate New York, inspired him to create Shaker style furniture. Past artistic experiences from silversmithing to silk screening with Peter Max helped form his skills. BA and graduate studies, State University of New York. After moving to Florida, the strong tropical light and colors influenced his work. He now calls his furniture style, “Shakerribbean.”
His work is in collections from Maine to California, Canada, the Netherlands, the UK and Bermuda. He has maintained a gallery/studio in Florida for over ten years.
Artist Statement
My furniture design is inspired by the irregular weathering of wood with wind, water and sand. I achieve this effect on planks by sanding, cutting, shaping and reshaping... following lines that might materialize in nature. Wood sanded smooth as pebbles, edges curved like rippled sand at the edge of surf, colors sandblasted and muted like beachglass. My cabinets are often filled with secret places, safe harbors, hurricane holes. I strive to blend the mystery and beauty of nature with everyday objects, both sculptural and useful.
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