User:Hannula John Karl

John Karl "Jack" Hannula is a current resident of the Town of San Miguel de Allende in Guanajuato, Mexico. He has lived there since 2017. Born in Gardner, Massachusetts, USA, Jack was educated in environment design and architecture, and has studied art extensively. He holds a B.S. degree in Environmental Design from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst; a Diploma of Landscape Design from the Conway School of Landscape Design, Conway MA; and a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.

Now retired, Jack is a professional artist-painter and author of travel guides for landscape painters, photographers and architects. His first book, Painting Mexico: Magical Pueblos in Guanajuato was published in 2019 by Blurb Books, USA. He is currently writing several more on Painting Mexico: the Camino Real; Painting Mexico: Sombrerete; and Painting Mexico: Zacatecas. In the course of traveling and doing research for his books, Jack has amassed substantial information on beautiful towns and places in Mexico; much of this information deserves to be on Wikipedia.