John Michael Groves (1937-2019), Cook's Bay, Moorea, French Polynesia
Pastel

John Michael Groves (1937-2019), Cook's Bay, Moorea French Polynesia, signed and dated '99 lower right, pastel. Measurements 45 x 74cm, framed measurements 73.2 x 99.3cm

John Michael Groves RSMA (1937-2019) was a British marine artist. He studied at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, beginning his career as a commerical artist and illustrator before turning exclusively to marine subjects and becoming a full time artist in 1977. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 1977 and throughout his long career focused on painting marine and coastal scenes, landscapes and sea vessels, as well as painting historical marine compositions. His main mediums of choice were oil, pastel, pen and ink.