John White

John’s earliest memory of his art is drawing cars and trucks, war scenes, airplanes, and the like. These early drawings would be the seed of a multifaceted portfolio that blends fine art, technical mastery, architectural precision, and imaginative illustration.

Five years of drafting classes through junior high and high school developed his mastery of technical skills. Upon graduation from college with a degree in advertising design and business administration, he quickly gained work and experience as a Designer/Illustrator for WBTV, a leading CBS affiliate. John then went on to cultivate expertise in the art of architectural, technical and advertising illustration at a firm in Raleigh, NC. He then moved back to Charlotte, North Carolina and opened his own illustration business. There he continued producing technical and architectural illustrations while also accepting commissions for advertising art and other illustration work -- magazines, historical illustrations, packaging, food illustrations, technical illustrations for catalogs, and so on.

John’s unique combination of artistic talent with a technical mindset has led to a successful. multifaceted art career of breadth and variety. The quality and depth of his fine art is refined and distinctive, and his technical skill produces illustrations that are meticulously detailed, exacting, and polished.

Publications/book covers/portrait commissions

John is an internationally known with clients in the US, Europe, Canada, and the Caribbean. His 35 years of experience in illustration have earned him clients that include Osprey Publishing, Ingersoll Rand, Michelin Tires, Siemens, Bank of America, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Baker Book House, Kellogg’s, Black and Decker, Johnson Motors, and more.

Exhibitions and Awards

His paintings have received national recognition including a first-place award from the National Naval Aviation Museum for his painting, The Sinking of the Battleship Yamato. He also received multiple honors from the Broadcast Designers Association and the Charlotte Society of Communication Arts.

Public Collections

His art has been featured in Aviation Art Magazine, Aviation History Magazine, and numerous historical publications by Osprey Publishing in England. It has also appeared on the History Channel, and in multiple YouTube historical documentaries.

Private Collections

John’s marine art, landscape paintings, and portraits grace some of the finest homes and businesses in the country.

From the artist

“I have been fortunate to build a career on drawing and painting. It has been a natural and joyous continuation of doing what I love and what I believe I was born to do.”