John Lathrop

I’m John Lathrop and I make Mod Pop Art.

Pop culture is family. We grew up with our movies, music, novels, TV, video games. Pop culture can influence, guide, and comfort us. In this spirit, with my Mod Pop Art, I utilize pop culture as my primary subject matter to conjure feelings of warmth, fun, exhilaration, and surprise by adding unexpected, humorous twists (the Mod) and shining brightly-colored lights (the Pop) on the people, places, and things (the Art) we’ve admired and adored throughout our lives. And I do it with genuine reverence, homage, and love.

Combining hand-painted digital art with graphic design techniques, my vibrant, colorful clean-line style breathes new life into classic/current references, putting a fun, original spin on pop surrealism, often with a twist of humor and absurdist parody. The result is bold and striking eye-candy, with a vibe that feels vintage, yet unmistakably modern. I’ve been selling signed/numbered limited edition fine art prints to clients all over the world for over a decade.

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