A Good Team

John Fawcett
Framed Limited Edition Fine Art Print #505/950
31 x 27
$395.00

John Fawcett was born in 1952 and grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Although his family lived in town, they kept horses nearby.  After his father challenged him to raise half the cost, a ten year old Fawcett became the proud owner of a mare, Copper, purchased for $150.00.  In tandem with his passion for horses, was a desire to draw and paint.  “I was always really interested in art and my parents were very supportive, but I didn’t have any formal art training.  All through high school, college and vet school, I did artwork for student  newspapers and yearbooks, but I never considered art for a career.”  Instead, he studied pre-veterinary medicine at the University of New Hampshire and received his doctorate at Iowa State University in 1978.  After working for both an equine and small animal veterinarian, he opened up his own veterinary practice in 1980 in Pennsylvania where he practiced for the next 20 years.  As his practice grew to a total of 5 veterinarians, his passion for art grew as well, and he sold his practice in 1996 to paint full time and pursue his dream.