Seemingly quick, gestural marks conceal space one moment and open up the next. A highly collectable emerging artist, John Heywood - Waddington's paintings constantly toy with questions of how much to give the viewer... often erring on the line of ‘just enough’, ensuring a two-way relationship - this concealment is an act of generosity - opening up the paintings to a universality that make his work so compelling.
In 2024 John completed his first art residency at Nocefresca in Sardinia. He’s also had a number of paintings selected by Collectum, a New York-based art consultancy, who will also be showing his artwork at the AVA hotel and gallery in Cancun in 2025. John had artwork selected for the AKA Winter Exhibition, the Pastel Society annual exhibition in the Mall Galleries, the Green & Stone Gallery Winter Show and the Hampstead Art Society online works on paper. In 2025, he will be exhibiting as part of a collective called Dreamscapes with four other artists at XYZ gallery space, in Chancery Lane.