John Canning John was born in Melbourne in 1936, and spent his youth at Portarlington in Victoria and sold his first paintings as a teenager. Encouraged by his father, an amateur artist, his abilities to capture the subject and atmosphere of the fishing fleet, seaside and farm scenes were developing in a bold and energetic style. He attended Geelong High School and then served twenty years as a banker with the National Australia Bank, mainly as a financial analyst and manager of two branches. John found time to study life drawing, still life and portraiture at night classes at R.M.I.T. and in 1976 decided to take up art full-time and under the influence of Lance Sullivan, began to concentrate on oils. John Canning is particularly noted for the variety of his media, oils, acrylics, watercolours, pen and wash and conte crayon, and is adept at capturing the atmosphere and feeling of space particular to Australia. He travels widely throughout Australia working on commissions and in search of fresh subject matter and has held may one-man and mixed exhibitions, all extremely successful. John has received numerous prizes and commendations for his work, and aside from private collections throughout Australia, is represented in many overseas countries including Embassy and Vice Regal collections. He is a member of the Victorian Artists Society and the Australian Guild of Realist Artists.

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