John has been painting since he was a teenager. John attended the Kansas City Art Institute and the Maryland Institute College of Art – graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1981. John’s paintings have won numerous awards and have been accepted into many exhibitions regionally and nationally. Just since 2021, John's awards include: Artists’ Choice and “Spirit of Maryland” award at the 2022 Harford Plein Air Festival, “Best in Show'' at Adkins Nature Center in 2022, “Best in Show” at the Coastal Virginia Plein Air Festival in 2021, “Artist Choice” at the St. George Island Plein Air Festival in 2021, Best “River” painting in 2021 and best “Nocturne” award in 2022 at the Gloucester Arts Festival, 2nd place at the New Bern Plein Air Festival for 2021, 2022, “Best of New Bern” in 2023, “Spirit of the Adirondacks'' award at the 2021 Adirondack Plein Air Festival. John’s work has recently been accepted into the national juried exhibitions of the Oil Painters of America (OPA), American Impressionist Society (AIS) and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS). Recently, in the June 2022 Plein Air Salon Magazine - John was awarded the "best Plein Air Landscape". He is a member of the prestigious, historic Washington Society of Landscape Painters.  John also writes narratives of his plein air adventures and has been published in Plein Air Magazine. John is currently represented by the Les Poisson Gallery in Chestertown, Maryland.