John Virtue was born in the year 1947 in Accrington, United Kingdom. He specializes in monochrome landscapes. He studied at The Slade School of Fine Art from 1965 to 1969. During 1971 he moved near Haslingden and did paintings of Landscapes for 2 years then he abandoned painting for pen and ink drawings, his work was inspired by Samuel Palmer. He worked as a postman from 1978 till 1985 to work as a full time artist, he then lived in Devon from 1988 till 2000. He see's color in work as an 'Unnecessary distraction', therefore he uses black and white. He is well known for his London paintings which were displayed in the National Gallery.
I particularly like these two examples of his work as they look quite gothic, considering their color and texture. I find it interesting how he hasn't used any sense of color. From the paintings the mood seems quite depressing yet calm.
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