The body of work that John Solie has created in a career spanning over 40 years is beyond impressive. His work can be seen in a wide variety of venues, from shows to museums, sculptures to magazine covers, movie posters to book covers. Most everyone in America has been exposed to Mr. Solie's memorable talents.

His legendary skill for depicting "dead-on likenesses" of famous people has kept John in demand by major Hollywood movie studios, television networks, book publishers and magazine editors. He has created over two hundred movie posters and painted major stars such as Katharine Hepburn, Michael Landon, Mary Tyler Moore, Julie Andrews, Madonna and Elvis.

Virtually every popular magazine in print today has printed an illustration or cover created by Solie: Reader's Digest, TV Guide, The Saturday Evening Post, People Magazine and Golf Magazine to name a few. He has painted over 175 book covers for every publishing house in New York including Harlequin, Silhouette, Dell and Avon Books. 

A talented sculptor as well as illustrator and portrait artist, Solie was commissioned by CBS Television Network to create a bronze sculpture of "the most trusted man in America," Mr. Walter Cronkite, which is on display in the lobby of the CBS Building in New York.

Solie is a proud member of the NASA Art Team and has paintings on display at the Kennedy Space Center and Johnson Space Center.

Other clients include: Carnation, World Book Encyclopedia, US Air Force, US Navy, US Marine Corps, Merrill Lynch Pierce, St. Pauli Girl Beer, Brawny Paper Towels, John Deere and International Harvester.

 

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