John Derry

John Derry is a pioneer of digital painting and one of the original authors of Corel Painter. Since 1985, he has leveraged his background in drawing and painting to advance the look and experience of traditional art-making tools on the computer. John has a master’s degree in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art, is a practicing artist and photographer, and has two U.S. patents relating to expressive digital mark-making. Adobe recently designated John as a Photoshop Painting Pioneer. He teaches digital painting workshops and holds a Photographic Craftsman degree from Professional Photographers of America. John can be found online at www.pixlart.com.