John Nichols and his latest masterwork - Where Buffalo Roam: William Waddell, VMD Retired US 2nd Horse Calvary Division 9th Calvary U.S. Army.
The Four Seasons of Love - a celebration of passion and romance....
The four seasons of love is inspired by romance, passion, fertility and renewal in all of its wonderful phases. the official flower of Hawaii, the stately hibiscus is surely one of the most sensuous and spectacular blossoms to be seen in this tropical paradise. Long a symbol worn in Polynesia behind the right ear to show availability and desire and tradition dictates worn behind the left ear indicates fulfillment, satisfaction and commitment to ones' kuuipo (sweetheart).
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Education
- Earned a BA in Liberal Arts from Syracuse University in 1972.
- Earned a Masters of Arts and Sciences Graduate Degree from Fisk University and Meharry Medical College in Nashville Tennessee in Clinical Psychology in 1977
- Earned a Masters in Public Health Degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Health Services Administration in 1979.
Art Accomplishments
- John is an accomplished artist
- John has exhibited his original paintings, etchings, and drawings in over 55 colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada.
- He also exhibited his art in Europe including The Hague, Netherlands; and Paris, France
- In 1996 Presented Evander Holyfield with an original portrait of himself as an Olympic tribute during the Atlanta Olympics.
- In 1999 John was commissioned to do a portrait of the Surgeon General.
- One of 39 artists chosen to exhibit and the only Hawaiian artist chosen to exhibit at " The New York Artist Response to Sept. 11th" in New York City.
- Received the Honolulu Mayors Award for his "Living Harmony" Exhibit at Honolulu Hale in 2001.
- Private Art Collectors of some of his original pieces include: Private Art Collectors of my originals: Dr. Bill Cosby, Tony Bennett, David Bowie, Diana Kraal, Wynton Marsalis Miles Davis; Manhattan Transfer; Dave Brubeck.
Awards & Other Accomplishments
- He was awarded the Jewish War Veterans Brotherhood Award from the Massachusetts Chapter for academics and community service.
- He once instituted a lecture series with the tenured professors from MIT and Harvard College at the Rindge Technical High School. (Visiting lectures included Mr. Land, CEO of Polaroid Corp. and Mr. Edgerton CEO of the Electronics Corporation of America).
- John has always tutored youth in his spare time for the last 35 years.
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