John Bye was born in 1970 in Styvechale, Coventry. Self taught, John skills as an artist have grown with him. His aim is for each piece to capture the life and spirit of the subject he paints. His earlier works were in pencil and were mainly human subjects, even now John is asked to paint human subjects. He has experimented with various other mediums from oils, watercolours and pastels, eventually realising that his favourite medium is acrylic.

Acrylic paint became the choice as John is a prolific artist and acrylic paint allows him to paint and finish his paintings quicker than oils ever allowed him to.

John has a fascination for all creatures and is also a passionate musician having studied the piano from an early age, he composes and writes his own songs. Another of his interests is poetry.