John Lines

John Lines was born in 1938 in Rugby Warwickshire, He studied art in Warwickshire at Rugby Polytechnic from 1959 and then at York School of Art.

John Lines has been exhibiting his contemporary paintings since leaving art school. But initially his time was shared between art activities and working in industry.

 

John Lines paintings are distinctive and beautifully painted. His style is very much Modern British and John prefers painting in oil and watercolours. As an artist his stated aim is to "Simply paint through honest eyes". Ample evidence of this approach can be seen in his paintings of British Town and Landscapes subjects.

 

His art captures humour, nostalgia, romance and the beauty of British Countryside and unusually British Urban Life. John is equally successful painting landscapes, marine, portrait, transportation or what will in future years be seen as fine, social records of urban life. John Lines travels extensively to find the right British scenes for his paintings. He regularly features Derbyshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Northampton, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Yorkshire in his contemporary paintings.

John Lines has paintings in private and public art collections throughout the world. He has held workshops and lectures in Australia and USA, and also regularly holds lectures, workshops and demonstrations throughout the British Isles.