John Banovich

John Banovich Biography:
John Banovich is among the most renowned wildlife artists in the United States, whose art, prints and posters are also appreciated by numerous international collectors. He specializes in large oil paintings of African game, but his subjects cover all continents of the globe. Banovich is talented, prolific and dedicated, both to his art and to preserving the wild places where the animals live. John began sketching images of wildlife while growing up in the copper-mining town of Butte, Montana. As a youth, he painted animals on antlers and fashioned them into bolo ties, earrings and belt buckles. These were inspired by the elk, deer, and other wild animals that his father hunted. At the age of ten, he sold his first oil painting.  >>click here for more