Johno's ART Studio
www.JohnosArt.com
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Made in U.S.A. Art Painted & Printed in Pittsburgh, PA
The Artist Johno Prascak
My painting "The Point" is part of the new set of show Pittsburgh Today LIVE KDKA TV 2. It airs weekdays 9AM-10AM! Limited Edition PRINTS are available.
Watch for smaller seasonal paintings that I create for the interview & kitchen sets.
I was born in Munhall, PA and grew up in Dormont. I am proud to be a Pittsburgher, having lived in the South Side since 1986, then moved into our Victorian home on the Slopes in 1992 which I restored with my wife Maria. I tended bar at Mario's from 1986-2006, it fueled my art career, now I paint full time and sell my art at Johno's ART Studio perched on top of the historic South Side Slopes.
Beginning at the age of 14, after 9 years of suffering with ulcerative colitis I had life saving surgery and now wear a permanent ileostomy. While recuperating from surgery I studied art, many of the old masters who inspired me to begin painting as a form of therapy.
My paintings had been selling, after my first showing at the Pittsburgh Aviary Wildlife Art Show the demand for my work grew.
I create each painting by mixing enamels and Mon sand, giving my artwork an unusual texture. Sand from client's collections is often incorporated into their commissioned pieces.
The fascinating people I meet, current events and life experiences inspire me. One of my most inspiring commissions sent me to Megjugorje, Yugoslavia in 1990. The challenge was to transfer onto canvas my feelings of the little village where there have been reported sightings of the Blessed Mother.
Many of my paintings can be purchased as limited edition PRINTS.
- 5 of my prints are part of the Pittsburgh Collection at the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
- The Heinz Field original hangs in the office lobby at Heinz Field.
- Original Adam Taliaferro-Miracle in the Making painting in the Sports Museum at Penn State.
- Hollyhocks print was on the set of NBC's Will & Grace finale May 2006.
- Former President George H.W.Bush Sr. 41st President of the USA discovered my art and contacted the studio to commission a portrait. I created the painting with enamels, Rust-O-leum and South Side sand! My painting of President George H.W.Bush Sr. is on display at The George Bush Presidential Library & Museum at Texas A&M.
- Original of Jim "Soupy" Campbell commissioned by 1963 football team at US Naval Academy. Original of Carnegie Library of Homestead hangs at that library.
- Originals of Roberto Clemente and 3:36 (painting of the winning home run hit 1960 World Series) are both on exhibit and at the Roberto Clemente Museum in Lawrenceville, PA.
- Nineteen local Pittsburgh/area Eat n' Park Restaurants exhibit the Heinz Field prints.
For years I have been involved with many local and national charities raising much needed funds for their causes. It is important for me to "give back". My art enables me to help others in a unique way.
I simply didn't plan any of this. All I had was the will to live, to do well and help others.
I am so very grateful for this fantastic ride.
Johno
I'd like to hear from you!
Johno and Mr. Dan Rooney at Heinz Field where Johno's painting found a permanant home in the office lobby.
Johno with friends after moving the trolly front into place. Now the restoration can begin!
Tom, Flyboy, Mike, John (Clove Man), Pauly, me
Check out this link to Maria DeSimone Prascak's ( Mrs. Johno)
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