Welcome to John C Butt's Website

Welcome to my website. Please take a few moments to scroll around through the painting, sculpture and inspiration pages. This site has been updated from the first site you may have visited, to one where I can come in and renew the information more often. It’s going to make me feel more compelled as an artist to let you know how this work of painting and sculpting happens.

With easy to get to headings like “inspirations” for example, you can read and see images that will be the basis of new artworks. I’ll try to show with photos, and explain in a few words how an idea or fleeting image is translated into a sculptural work, or painting.

I hope to edit these pages on a regular basis, to keep you posted on what’s new in my world of art.

You will find “links” and “galleries” that will take you to venues that represent and sell my art, or you can “contact” me at this site. I will gladly welcome your ideas and your own inspirations. It may not always be about art...you may get a glimpse into sailing on our beautiful coastal waterways...building motorcycles, or just roaming around White Rock, British Columbia seeking out those magical glimpses of life in the slow lane.

"The Gymnast" is the title of my most recent sculpture. The photo shown at the right represents the work on July 26th, 09. This is carved from a very old apple tree branch. The natural shape of the tree strongly suggested the pose that the sculpture would take. I like the natural cracking and flow of the grain that gives us the feeling of the agile flow in movement that a young gymnast would have.