John Hurford
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John Hurford (born 1948) is a prolific English psychedelic artist who, during the 1960s, quickly became one of the real forces behind the British psychedelic art movement. Perhaps best known for the stunning range of artwork he produced for Oz (magazine), Gandalf's Garden and International Times (IT), he is the only psychedelic artist of his generation to contribute to all three of these influential underground publications.
John Hurford was born near Chulmleigh in Devon in 1948. The son of a farming family, John was immersed in rural Devon life as a child. He attended Chulmleigh Primary School and later Queen Elizabeth's School in Crediton as a boarder.
His early work (as much of it still is today) was crowded with flowers, birds and insects - highly detailed observations from the natural world he saw around him in the Devon countryside where he lived. It was often coupled with finely drawn Tolkienesque fantasy landscapes, people and mythical beings; goblin-like creatures were a favourite, as were naked girls. His psychedelic style of painting and the subjects he chose were extremely influential - young people (especially those within the emerging art school culture at the end of the 1960s) instantly related to it, and it sparked off a trend in itself when it first appeared.
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Johnny - The Work of Psychedelic Artist John Hurford ISBN 0 9511448 9 8 Sunrise Press 2006
