John Warburton was born in Seaham, County Durham in 1947 and received his formal art training at Sunderland College of Art, Sunderland Collegeof Education and King Alfred’s College, Winchester.

John pursued a successful career in teaching for many years. He lives and paints in the Vale of York and the Yorkshire Dales, a wonderful environment and source of inspiration for the artist.

He creates landscapes and figurative works. In painting these subjects, John has concentrated on developing his powers of observation, especially of colour, texture, form and composition. John’s paintings attempt to describe interesting places in our busy daily lives and our times of restful escape.

In the masterful works of the Dutch Baroque painters and the Impressionists, John sees the ability of great artists to express the "essence” of an object with just a few carefully chosen brushstrokes, creating a visceral and intuitive style of painting. When we look at any landscape or object we remember how it made us feel rather than every small detail. It is trying to capture that feeling that is John’s continuing artistic challenge.



John is a member of the Yore Valley Artists group, a collective of experienced artists who have exhibited widely.



“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.”

Paul Cézanne