John Seaver – “John Seaver, a Retrospective” Theatre Gallery
John Seaver was born in Vermont April 17, 1930 and left this earth Sunday, June 3, 2018. John moved to North Beach during the 50’s and attended the San Francisco Art Institute. During this time, he was friends with the poet Philip Whalen and painter Bruce McGaw. He knew the photographer Imogen Cunningham and various artists who were part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement. John lived for over four decades in Sausalito where he had a working studio. He moved to a retirement community in San Francisco in 2010. He studied under Richard Diebenkorn who greatly influenced his style of painting and drawing as an artist. In his artwork, John tried to be honest and attempted to paint “paintings” rather than “pictures.” His styles included Bay Area abstract expressionism, figurative art, and non-objectivism.
