Personal Works

Works that were not commissioned, but rather things I do as an artist of letterforms. Sometimes, they are experimental, other times, just an idea I want to bring into existence. The creative impulse is still the most important desire that gives life to the work.

Personal form of calligraphy (combining italic and handwriting). Silk screened on French paper.

Traditional Calligraphy

Freely written, ink on paper

Calligraphic Art

$Calligraphic Art | Page of pen-written, fractur capitals with quotations on Michelangelo hand made paper. Ground sumi ink.$

Calligraphic Art | Art piece in the San Francisco Public Library

Calligraphic Art| Brush calligraphy on gold Japanese rice paper

Calligraphic Art

Calligraphic Art

Calligraphic Art | Ink on paper

Calligraphic Art | The Road Not Taken-Robert Frost poem written out on blue Japanese paper in white gouache

Calligraphy artworks | Writing in sepia on Arches paper

Calligraphy artworks | gold and gouache on blue Japanese paper

Calligraphy artworks | Ink and gouache on canson paper

John Stevens calligraphy

Sketch proposal for Ariana

John Stevens showing how to write Fractur style of calligraphy with a broad brush

Japanese gold paper, black lettering

A one-off demo of calligraphy

Pen calligraphy-in non traditional style

Calligraphic Art | Calligraphy and Illustration on one large piece of canson paper

quote from The Secret

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill” —Cicero

Typografi-in experimental calligraphy

Upcoming book by John Stevens, leads to classic trajan capitals

Light Roman Capitals: pen written by John Stevens

Brush lettered on gold Japanese paper.

All I need is a red guitar, three chords and the truth

cover of Friends of Calligraphy journal with die cut cover in the shape of alphabet.

Calligraphic Art | Calligraphic Art Honoring Hermann Zapf

for Wake Forest Hanes gallery; Exhibit, "Letterforming". This is a Kurt Schwitters quote

Calligraphic Art | Improvised calligraphic composition on black paper in casein and gouache

Calligraphic Art | Written out in pen & brush on painted watercolor background.

Calligraphic Art | Sumi ink on hand made paper

Calligraphic Art | Sumi Ink on JBGreen hand made paper in Roman Capitals

Calligraphy artworks | water color calligraphy on Arches paper

Calligraphy artworks | Brush writing on Arches paper

Calligraphic Art | Ink on paper