Custom Calligraphy Artworks

Discover the beauty of handcrafted calligraphy, where the written word becomes art. Using the finest papers and inks, each piece reflects centuries of tradition infused with a modern, contemporary style.

Every stroke of the pen or brush captures emotion, transforming words into a visual experience — a balance between form, meaning, and texture.

Perfect for commemorative documents, luxury branding, wedding calligraphy, book design, and custom graphic design projects, each artwork is made to inspire and endure.

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Calligraphy gallery: A collection of fine calligraphy pieces.

Following, are artworks on paper, by John Stevens, whose original works are included in the collections of the San Francisco Public Library, Berlin’s Akademie der Künste, Klingspor Offenbach, Casa del libro, as well as many other public and private collections. Works on paper are collected as Calligraphic Art (like drawings) and are not merely a collection of a calligraphy font.
You will notice a page is designed: calligraphy is rarely just line after line of letters, but rather, think of a page of calligraphy as a composition. Contact me to commission a new work.

Calligraphy artworks: Roman lettering with bird illustration

MorningPrayer-in calligraphy in Italic font on paper. Enhanced capitals with gold leaf accents

Calligraphy artworks| Quote, Written out on Fabriano paper in Italic

Title page for Roll of Heroes and Heroines of Carnegie Fund Commission with illuminated scroll and dropcap. Calligraphy Hand Lettering by John Stevens

Calligraphy with the words of e.e.cummings

Calligraphy artworks| watercolor on paper

Some calligraphy of John Stevens (detail) of honor certificate.

Calligraphy artworks | Written in watercolor and ink on Arches paper

Calligraphy artworks| Not digital: written on blue Canson paper. Pen & Brush

Quote of Bruce Cockburn showing hand drawn letters and the quality of calligraphic line

A short quote calligraphy on paper by John Stevens, using blue and green water colors.

Calligraphy artworks | Brush writing on Arches paper

Calligraphy artworks | Pen-written in Acrylic on Arches paper

Calligraphic Art | Sumi Ink on JBGreen hand made paper in Roman Capitals

Calligraphy artworks| Alice Walker quote. Watercolor and ink on paper.

Calligraphy artworks | Acrylic painting with writing in Roman capitals in gouache

Calligraphy artworks | Writing in sepia on Arches paper

Calligraphy artworks | gold and gouache on blue Japanese paper

Calligraphic Art | written in sepia and blue inks

Calligraphic Art | French quote in Roman capitals on Arches paper

Calligraphic Art | calligraphy commission

Calligraphic Art | Art piece in the San Francisco Public Library

Calligraphic Art | Calligraphy quote about disciplined freedom in writing. Pen, Ink on hand-made paper

Calligraphy Hand Lettering commission of an alphabet by John Stevens

Hand-written by calligrapher, John Stevens

$Calligraphic Art | Page of pen-written, fractur capitals with quotations on Michelangelo hand made paper. Ground sumi ink.$

The Union (close up) Poem written out in Italic calligraphy

The Maginnis Toast Written out in Celtic calligraphy

The Italic Hand (font) written out by John Stevens

Prayer written in Minuscules, commonly referred to as "Foundational Hand"

Calligraphic Art | Hand-written quote on BKF Rives paper in ink and watercolor

Calligraphic Art | Experimental brush calligraphy on paper

Calligraphic Art | The Road Not Taken-Robert Frost poem written out on blue Japanese paper in white gouache

Calligraphic Art | Sumi ink on hand made paper

Quote from Bhagavad Gita showing hand drawn letters and the quality of calligraphic line

Calligraphic Art| Brush calligraphy on gold Japanese rice paper

Calligraphic Art on blue Japanese paper, written with pointed pen capitals and touches of red and 23k gold leaf

"If" by Kipling-poem written out on archival paper

Calligraphy (pen), black sumi ink on Whatman hand made vintage paper. Quote written in red around the flourished alphabet.

Some calligraphy of John Stevens (detail)

Beautiful Italic Pen calligraphy by John Stevens honorary certificate

Framed Carnegie Hero Fund Commission by John Stevens

Calligraphic Art | Calligraphic Art Honoring Hermann Zapf

Calligraphic Art | Long poem written out on large Arches paper in italic hand

Detail of poem written out in italic calligraphy

Calligraphy Hand Lettering of Robert Kennedy words

Poem rendered in fine, pen-written Italic calligraphy with 23k gold initials and dedication in red. Arches paper.

Calligraphy Letters & Calligraphy Fonts. The real definition of Calligraphy is simple beautiful writing. It is a complex subject that has been boiled down to “how to write calligraphy” in web searches.
It is true, it is easy to get started with calligraphy, but it is very difficult to master. The more you learn, the more you realize there is to know. I get a lot of questions about what are the best calligraphy pens, or where can I download a calligraphy alphabet? We have to start somewhere, I know.