John Braben is originally from UK where he graduated from Wallasey College of Art after completing 4 years full-time study. After a brief stint teaching basic drawing and painting John moved into the commercial world to work as a graphic designer/visualiser.

John and his family moved to Brisbane in 1973 where has enjoyed a successful career as a designer, illustrator and design director in book publishing, design and advertising. He paints mostly local landscapes and cityscapes. His technique is painterly and the painting process multi-layered, intuitive and fluid with a strong accent on colour and tone, light and shade.