John Urquidi graduated from Ventura College, receiving several scholarship awards and a degree in commercial art.

”I grew up in the Santa Monica mountains near what is now called Pt. Mugu State Park, and have enjoyed art from a very early age. After making it to the top of the Sierra Nevada’s Mt. Whitney at age nine, I realized my fascination with the outdoors could likely last forever.

Gallery 113 Group Show 2004

I paint to capture an instance and try to create an interpretation pleasing to me. Sometimes I paint just to quiet my mind. Usually for me, a 'painting' becomes a thought process where, I try to describe some fleeting idea, but it inevitably goes and I'm left with this object people call a 'painting'. Like a hiker leaves tracks or a sailboat leaves a wake.