John Edmond Calderon was born in 1954 in Chicago IL and attended Northern Illinois University where he graduated with his BFA in drawing and painting and a BS in Art Education. After college John continued classes and workshops at The Palette & Chisel in Chicago and more recently, The North Shore Art League in Winnetka and The Evanston Art Center. In his works, John uses: oils and acrylics on canvas, chalk and oil pastels on paper, and colored pencils and charcoal on paper. He's cited