He had a studio in New York from 1961 to 1967 and has taught drawing at the Waldorf School of Adelphi University. His drawings have been used for multi-media poetry and dance recitals at Lincoln Center, Donnell Library and Cubicolo Off-Broadway Theatre, all in New York. In 1965 John Eaton illustrated "Fairy Tales" by E. E. Cummings. In 1967 he assisted with the murals in the Pan-Am Building, New York, N.Y. and in 1971 completed a series of murals in the dance studio of High Mowing School, Wilton, N.H. The spring of 1971 issue of Vie des Arts Magazine featured an article on John Eaton.
John Eaton's paintings are inspired by the natural forces which surround us: water, air, fire and earth. They are all used to express the artist’s thoughts about both the unity and uniqueness of these elements and they ways they relate to animals and humans.
Movement, volume and rhythm are all qualities particular to John Eaton's work. His paintings exude a kind of sober aestheticism where colours are discreet, yet they are rendered sensual and voluptuous through their luminosity and palpable quality.
The artist's velocity of gesture and quality of observation contribute to building a coherent, solid pictorial space where forms and colours come alive in a swirling impression of poetry and dream.
The artist currently works from his studio in Rupert, Quebec, north of Ottawa, Ontario, where he has lived for the past 30 years.
