JOHN FIRST ENCOUNTERED FOLK ART IN AN ATLANTA SHOP. HE WAS TRULY INSPIRED BY THIS FUN, FREE-FORM STYLE WHICH PORTRAYED GREAT FEELING. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ENCOUNTER, JOHN BEGAN PAINTING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE SINCE CHILDHOOD. HIS PAINTINGS ATTRACTED AN AUDIENCE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THREE MONTHS AFTER HE STARTED PAINTING, HE QUIT HIS CORPORATE JOB BECAUSE HE KNEW HE HAD TO PAINT.

WHEN ASKED BY A FELLOW ARTIST AT ONE OF HIS FIRST SHOWINGS, “ HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PAINTING?”. HE REPLIED, “ABOUT SIX MONTHS’. TO WHICH THE FELLOW ARTIST EXCLAIMED, “YOU JUST EXPLODED, DIDN’T YOU! JOHN AND HIS WIFE , DANETTE, ( A WOOD ARTIST AND CARPENTER),  LIVE IN A TURN-OF THE-CENTURY FARM HOUSE IN RURAL, NORTHEAST GEORGIA WHERE THEY CREATE AND APPRECIATE A SIMPLER WAY OF LIFE. JOHN’S WORKS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE U.S., BUT MAINLY IN THE SOUTHEAST. JOHN AND HIS WIFE FEEL SO VERY BLESSED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR TALENTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE THEIR ART.