John puts a distinct, impressionistic style to his work. His paintings, usually of forested hills, mountains and streams, capture the colours and shapes of the area while always adding a suggestion of what he calls, "Mysterious Interest", to each scene. 
"It sounds all rather.. well, mysterious," says John, "but it"s the only way I can describe it. I remember as a boy feeling a strange tingling sensation when looking at the work of Arthur Streeton in a book my Grandmother had. It was a feeling that there seemed to be something through those trees, a feeling that you may have been there once, or that you could go there. His name meant nothing to me at that age and it wasn"t until years later that I realised who"s work I had been looking at. I try to capture that feeling I had back then in every painting I do and I think the successful inclusion of "Mysterious Interest" in a work can make or break a painting."
John works exclusively in Acrylics, incorporating both oil and watercolour techniques, with brushes large and small, rags, nails and anything else he thinks may do the job.
He lives in Warragul.