John Azoni: Detroit Artist

My wife Laura and I got to have a pretty cool date night last week. One of my paintings was selected to be exhibited at the Governor’s Mansion in Lansing, MI and we were honored to be a part of it. The show was curated by Pierre Paul Gallery out of Ann Arbor who partnered with TRA [...]

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Hey ya’ll, Just an update on my Etsy shop. For about the last year-and-a-half I was listing and selling small food paintings on Etsy. It was sort of an experiment for me in doing some quick sketches, trying out new approaches to painting and new ways of presenting an image, while at the same time [...]

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If you haven’t heard, my wife Laura, and I are now officially Kalamazoo residents as of Monday. Laura is going to grad school for her Masters in Social Work at Western Michigan University, so we will be here for a couple years, then will move back to the Detroit area following Laura’s graduation. You can [...]

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I received a copy of the Art of Eating magazine that I did an illustration for a couple months ago. I think the spread turned out really nice. Here are a few images (a different artist did the cover):

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A good friend of mine, Kelly, is a really inspiring person; a talented and accomplished writer, deep thinker, and a lover of those moments in life that create unique memories, and are best shared with the closest of friends. This commission was a different one, in that most clients when they commission a painting from [...]

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We’re up in Suttons Bay this weekend at my dad’s condo. As Laura and I were packing to head up here I had the thought to bring some painting stuff just in case. I really haven’t done much of any on-site painting in my career as an artist, so I figured this would be a [...]

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Recently I was commissioned to paint an image of this reflection pool behind the art museum at Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, MI. The cool thing is that this was commissioned by a bride who is giving it to her soon-to-be husband on their wedding day next month. This spot holds a special meaning for [...]

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If you’ve been following this blog, then I will tell you my plan is to paint portrait subjects other than my wife.  But she’s just so nice to look at, and is usually a ready participant. Besides, artist Alex Katz has painted dozens of paintings of his wife throughout his career, so perhaps I have [...]

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