Welcome to my website ! Hi...I’m John Hayden. I’ve painted almost as long as I can remember, and if you were to ask me why I’d have to simply say ” because I enjoy it ! ”. Over the years I’ve painted a large variety of subjects in oils, acrylics and watercolours. I’ve painted landscapes of all the beautiful places to which I have travelled throughout the world but the majority are of my local area, which is the lovely countryside and coastline of Southern England. In addition, ever since childhood I’ve liked painting steam locomotives, aircraft, ships and other transportation, and these days this has developed into forming a significant part of my work.There is now quite a large portfolio of original paintings, prints, both limited and open editions which I am gradually trying to get onto this site to enable you to browse through online.
Although I had always drawn and painted in my spare time whenever I could from an early age, for many years I was very busy with the "day job" and did not actually show my work publicly.But around the early nineties I was persuaded to try exhibiting some of my work, and since then I have taken part in numerous exhibitions. Most years I have had at least one solo show, where landscapes of the local Hampshire and Dorset coasts and the New Forest have proved very popular. But I have never lost my love of steam railway paintings, and I always include a few in my landscape exhibitions. I am constantly surprised at the number of people who share my enthusiasm for railways !
This has led to numerous invitations to show my work at steam rallies and model railway exhibitions etc. and I am now an Associate Member of the Guild of Railway Artists. I have been kept very busy with commissions for railway paintings as well as aviation, marine, and motoring paintings.These days, although I still love the watercolour medium for on-site landscapes, for commission work I use mostly oils and acrylics.Thank you for visiting my websiteJohn Hayden
No live exhibitions yet.
Lockdown has cancelled live exhibitions for the time being.
I am planning a Virtual On Line Exhibition soon.
I am always very happy to discuss possible commissions.
I love creating a unique painting from my client’s favourite subject matter and basic ideas.
It's my hobby really so I keep my price as low as I can and within my client’s budget.
The first step is to E-mail me at
WITHOUT OBLIGATION … of course !
***SIGNED MOUNTED & FRAMED PRINTS of all the images in the Gallerys are always available ***
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I really enjoy a challenge !
I'm not trying to make a fortune,
So I keep my prices as low as I can.
Just enough to cover my costs.