Cornish artist John Dyer is one of the leading contemporary naive painters in the UK. His unmistakable paintings are well-known worldwide through his widely published images. John Dyer is generally accepted as Cornwall's best-loved, most famous, collected, and sought-after contemporary artist. John Dyer's Cornish paintings hang in national permanent collections of art and organisations, including the National Trust, the Eden Project, Save the Children, and Falmouth Art Gallery have all purchased and exhibited John Dyer paintings.
The John Dyer Gallery exclusively exhibits the original paintings by John Dyer online, by private appointment at our Edwardian property in Falmouth, Cornwall, and by special invitation-only exhibition events. If you are looking to buy paintings by John Dyer this is the only gallery with new works available for purchase.
Cornwall’s best-known contemporary artist, John Dyer, is celebrated for his vibrant, joy-filled paintings that capture the spirit of Cornish life, landscape, gardens and wildlife. Raised on the Cornish coast and trained in London and Falmouth, John is the long-standing Artist-in-Residence at the Eden Project, an Artist for the Earth with EarthDay.org, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
His original paintings are held in significant UK public collections, including Falmouth Art Gallery, the Eden Project, the National Trust, and Save the Children. John Dyer’s art can also be viewed on artuk.org and is collected by well-known figures such as Kim Wilde, Alan Titchmarsh, and Toyah Willcox.
“Imagine if all the colour, shapes, emotion, fun, joy and love you feel could be captured for a moment to remember for all time. This is the power of a painting.”John Dyer
John Dyer has painted around the world as an artist-in-residence for leading organisations and NGOs. His projects have taken him from the rainforests of the Amazon and Borneo to the wildlife of Africa, the gardens of Italy, and the harvests of Peru and the Philippines.
He is the founder of LastChanceToPaint.com, a global environmental art and education project that connects over 60,000 children each year to endangered species, environments, and cultures through creativity.
Organisations that have appointed or collaborated with John Dyer include the Eden Project, the National Trust, Sail Training International Tall Ships Races, Banrock Station Wine Australia, Hanbury Gardens in Italy, and United Nations-supported NGOs in the Philippines, Costa Rica, and Peru. The work created during these residencies provides a powerful visual record of the world’s cultural and ecological diversity.
There is a freshness and honesty to John Dyer’s paintings that follows a long tradition in Cornish art, echoing the work of Alfred Wallis, Christopher Wood, Fred Yates, and Bryan Pearce. As Brian Stewart, former Director of Falmouth Art Gallery, notes:
“Rather than trying to record what he sees, John sets out to capture the essence of his subject. The ‘essence’ of seagulls, cats, dogs, bobbing boats or exploding fireworks communicates far more strongly through John’s brushstrokes than they would if drawn more traditionally.”
This ability to distil the essence of joy and life has attracted collectors worldwide, including Sir Tim Smit, Alan Titchmarsh, and Kim Wilde, who have all recognised the originality and optimism at the heart of his art.
“I have always had immense respect for anyone who chooses to take time to interpret our world for us through painting, and feel especially privileged to have hosted such an inspired artist in our back garden.”
Kim Wilde
“My experiences with paints and canvases have taken me around the world. I have been chased by wild pigs in Costa Rica, swum with piranhas in Brazil, avoided having guinea pigs cooked for me in the high Andes of Peru, shared rosé wine in the Australian outback surrounded by cockatoos, watched lemurs climb up my easel, painted children scouring the rice fields for food, and washed up for Kim Wilde! Each painting is a memory of connection and discovery.”
John Dyer
Explore the latest John Dyer paintings for sale and bring a piece of Cornish art into your home. Each painting is an original work by one of Cornwall’s most celebrated artists, capturing the colour, life, and spirit of the world in paint.
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Cornwall’s best-known contemporary artist, John Dyer, is celebrated for his vibrant, joy-filled paintings that capture the spirit of Cornish life, landscape, gardens and wildlife. Raised on the Cornish coast and trained in London and Falmouth, John is the long-standing Artist-in-Residence at the Eden Project, an Artist for the Earth with EarthDay.org, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
His original paintings are held in significant UK public collections, including Falmouth Art Gallery, the Eden Project, the National Trust, and Save the Children. John Dyer’s art can also be viewed on artuk.org and is collected by well-known figures such as Kim Wilde, Alan Titchmarsh, and Toyah Willcox.
“Imagine if all the colour, shapes, emotion, fun, joy and love you feel could be captured for a moment to remember for all time. This is the power of a painting.”John Dyer
John Dyer has painted around the world as an artist-in-residence for leading organisations and NGOs. His projects have taken him from the rainforests of the Amazon and Borneo to the wildlife of Africa, the gardens of Italy, and the harvests of Peru and the Philippines.
He is the founder of LastChanceToPaint.com, a global environmental art and education project that connects over 60,000 children each year to endangered species, environments, and cultures through creativity.
Organisations that have appointed or collaborated with John Dyer include the Eden Project, the National Trust, Sail Training International Tall Ships Races, Banrock Station Wine Australia, Hanbury Gardens in Italy, and United Nations-supported NGOs in the Philippines, Costa Rica, and Peru. The work created during these residencies provides a powerful visual record of the world’s cultural and ecological diversity.
There is a freshness and honesty to John Dyer’s paintings that follows a long tradition in Cornish art, echoing the work of Alfred Wallis, Christopher Wood, Fred Yates, and Bryan Pearce. As Brian Stewart, former Director of Falmouth Art Gallery, notes:
“Rather than trying to record what he sees, John sets out to capture the essence of his subject. The ‘essence’ of seagulls, cats, dogs, bobbing boats or exploding fireworks communicates far more strongly through John’s brushstrokes than they would if drawn more traditionally.”
This ability to distil the essence of joy and life has attracted collectors worldwide, including Sir Tim Smit, Alan Titchmarsh, and Kim Wilde, who have all recognised the originality and optimism at the heart of his art.
“I have always had immense respect for anyone who chooses to take time to interpret our world for us through painting, and feel especially privileged to have hosted such an inspired artist in our back garden.”
Kim Wilde
“My experiences with paints and canvases have taken me around the world. I have been chased by wild pigs in Costa Rica, swum with piranhas in Brazil, avoided having guinea pigs cooked for me in the high Andes of Peru, shared rosé wine in the Australian outback surrounded by cockatoos, watched lemurs climb up my easel, painted children scouring the rice fields for food, and washed up for Kim Wilde! Each painting is a memory of connection and discovery.”
John Dyer
Explore the latest John Dyer paintings for sale and bring a piece of Cornish art into your home. Each painting is an original work by one of Cornwall’s most celebrated artists, capturing the colour, life, and spirit of the world in paint.
Free global delivery is available on all artworks.
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