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TEXTILE ART

The couture art lamps are created with a seven-step completely hand sewn process using antique fabrics, trims, appliqués, and lace sourced from around the world.

PAINTINGS

TEXTILE ART

The paintings are created by utilizing acrylic glazes over manipulated cracked canvases and wood then heavily varnished to highlight the texture and cracks. While they give the impression of antique oil paintings, they are actually more watercolors.

BOOK

TEXTILE ART

BOOK

Adorned in Moonlight | The Textile Art of John Haldoupis is a hard cover coffee table book featuring Haldoupis' Adorned in Moonlight Art Lamps Collection as well as an in-depth look into the artist's inspiration and his meticulous process. Please contact for sales and inquiries.

THE ARTIST'S STATEMENT

...on textile art

I have had a fascination with collecting antique textiles and trims since I was 16-years-old not ever knowing what I would do with them. At the end of my theatrical career, I found the purpose for what had become an astounding collection of antique materials. As I learned the art of creating these shades, I aspired to take them to the next level - to couture. My attention to detail borders on the obsessive so that not a single hand sewn stitch can be seen. Each textile project that I envision speaks a different language and needs a different element. It's just a feeling – maybe it’s a sense of scale, a color, a texture. Sometimes I’ll use a piece that I bought 25 years ago. It was just waiting for me to use – and it’s vintage now. We all get to be vintage eventually.

...on painting

All my work has a strong theatrical quality. I have always loved the old and worn patina - that feeling of age. I combine that with my appreciation for the organic landscape of Western New York. Even more important to me is the feeling of the elements. My work usually speaks of rain or a clearing after a storm. I also favor the Magic Hour - when the light dances its most dramatic waltz.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

John Haldoupis is an award-winning painter and designer from Rochester, New York. Specializing in the theatrical, his art has exhibited and been awarded in numerous juried museum shows including Watercolor USA, the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, The Syracuse Show at the Everson, and The Fingerlakes Show at the MAG. He was (at the time) the youngest member ever elected into The National Watercolor Society.

For over 35 years he has designed projects for television and film and more than 300 theatrical productions garnering him several awards including a notable Lifetime Achievement Award and the Geva Theatre Legacy Award.

In conjunction with his stage productions, John has also had the honor to work with some of the top luminaries in the theater world. He designed a music video for Mandy Moore, directed and staged evenings with Tony Award Winning composer and lyricist William Finn (Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), staged an evening with the legendary Tony Award Winning lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter Betty Comden (Singin’ in the Rain, On the Town, Bells Are Ringing, On the Twentieth Century), and co-created, designed, and directed the world premier of the autobiographical musical, Melanie and The Record Man, with Woodstock icon Melanie (Candles in the Rain, Brand New Key, Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma).

With over four decades of professional experience, John’s talents also branch out into costume designing, couture fashion styling, and theatrical directing, as well as serving as the Artistic Director for a Rochester, NY theater for 35 years. Most recently, he has added interior restaurant designing to his list of accomplishments.

Haldoupis' renowned lamps and paintings can be found in private collections both nationally and internationally.