Artists » John Ramos
Endless Summer
The Date Palm
"Morning in Loreto"
Punta Lobos
Patio
Mulege River
La Paz
San Ignacio Lagoon
Artist’s Bio
John Ramos was born in Chihuahua, Mexico and was raised in Southern California. He studied art and design at Cal State University Long Beach and began publishing his own prints in 1980. The now infamous “Hussong’s Cantina” print was first published in 1979 and began the series of fine art prints that now number over 80 different images.
Ramos paints images from his travels through Baja California and Coastal Mexico, along with nostalgic images of the classic cars of the California lifestyle. “Wish-you-were-there” scenes with beaches, hammocks, palapas, and surfing, to the new “urban cityscapes” of San Francisco, John Ramos paints what he sees from his own unique perspective and the perspective of the viewer.
The original watercolor and oil paintings have luminous and vivid colors that create the crisp details in the large variety of subject matter that Ramos paints whether it’s a field of marigold flowers, the chrome of a vintage Woody, or the purple reflections of the sunset on the bay.
Ramos continues to travel Baja California to fish and paint. He also paints along the Central Coast of California and Big Sur for the pleasure of painting out on location. And, he also likes the subject of vintage architecture and the classic neon signs of San Francisco to paint in his “urban landscapes” series.