Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Bio of John Paul Schafer

After graduating high school in 1989, I began teaching myself painting in a studio loft above mainstreet in my hometown of Independence, Iowa. During the early 1990s, I apprenticed as a silkscreen printmaker and worked as a commercial sign maker.

In 1996, I moved to Cedar Rapids to work as a graphic designer and illustrator.  Later, I joined The Cedar Rapids Gazette as a newsroom artist, where I produced hundreds of images for the newspaper's editorial and features sections.  I left the Gazette in January, 2007, to work as a freelance artist.

I'm currently painting for exhibitions, gallery sales and site-specific public and private commissions

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