John trickett artist biography
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John Trickett
John Trickett
1952 British
Born in Sheffield , England , John Trickett spent most of his early life in Cleethorpes.
John trickett artist biography
Always inclined towards painting, art was definitely not encouraged at home, and on leaving school he started to train as an accountant. An offer to play professional football soon diverted him and he spent some time playing for Torquay before turning to painting, full time.
Despite having to learn with no formal art training, Trickett was soon painting very acceptable paintings and has now incontestably established himself as a very fine artist.
When the "Shooting Times" declared John Trickett as the "finest Labrador painter in England , if not the world", they were really echoing the thoughts of many before and many since.
Indeed, when Franklin Mint of America published several of his paintings on limited edition plates in 1996, they repeated the fact that he is one of the finest painters of labrad