Lifeguard Headquarters - John Wilton
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John Wilton
DeLand, Fla.
John Wilton, a retired professor of digital media at Daytona State College, is well known for his multimedia works, digital photography and video. His paintings, often free-association collages of personal impressions and cultural icons, mimic the barrage of popular images we encounter in our multimedia age.
Dr. Wilton has published various art education essays and a dissertation on desktop video art. As a mixed-media artist, he has participated in more than 60 group and 30 solo shows, winning a number of awards along the way. Wilton maintains a studio in DeLand and has served as a judge for more than 30 art shows throughout Florida. In 1995, he was awarded an Individual Artist’s Fellowship from the State of Florida.
Commissioned for the Lifeguard Headquarters and Beach Administration Center in 2008, these pieces represent the many recreational opportunities offered on the "World's Most Famous Beach."
“My initial influences came from American Pop Art, particularly the appropriated and serially repeated images from popular culture. My process mixes several mediums and stylistic conventions.” – John Wilton
