Work is Progressing on Shepherds, 2023, Giclée
Planned in 2017 alongside Nativity and after the release of The Annunciation, Shepherds, 2023, is based on the 1985 serigraph…
One Year in Pasadena
The Swanson Studio moved from Westchester, Los Angeles to Pasadena in May of 2022, and we have been in our…
River Banner at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Santa Maria, CA
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Santa Maria, CA has installed an eighteen foot tall cloth banner of John August Swanson’s…
Nativity Gifted in Memory of Bishop David O’Connell
A donor has given The Nativity, 2022 to The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in memory of Bishop…
Madonna of The Harvest Installed at Unity ELCA St Louis, MO
This Sunday, March 19, 2023, Unity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Saint Louis, MO will install John August Swanson’s Madonna of the…
Website Relaunch
When JohnAugustSwanson.com first went live, in the year 2000, John’s home address and phone number were listed on the front page.
Nativity, 2022
The studio is excited to announce the release of Nativity, 2022. John planned to revisit Nativity as a companion piece…
Archive from the old website
As we transition to a new website, we want to make sure no potentially useful content is lost. This post preserves the old website’s News and Events section. With the new website, news items will be more easily differentiated.
Memorial Masses
John August Swanson Memorial Masses John August Swanson’s life was celebrated in two Funeral Masses: On November 13, 2021A…