John Eaton was born in Ottawa in 1942. He attended High Mowing School in New England, with special emphasis on painting and drawing. For three years following this he travelled in Europe, working in Yugoslavia and Greece and as an apprentice to a marble sculptor in Florence, Italy.
From 1961 to 1967 he had a studio in New York and taught drawing at the Waldorf School of Adelphi University. During this period, his pictures were used for multi-media poetry and dance recitals at the Lincoln Centre, the Donnell Library and the Cubiculo Theatre, New York.
In 1965 he illustrated "Fairy Tales" by E.E. Cummings published by Harcourt, Brace and World.
In 1967 he assisted with the murals in the Pan-Am Building in New York.
In the late sixties, John Eaton moved to Rupert, Quebec, renewing his connection to the Gatineau Hills and pursue his vocation as an artist for many years. In 2015, with the help of his partner, he started to work daily on his biography and cataloguing his life’s work. His sudden death by a heart attack, while riding his mountain bike with his horse Goya on his land came to a shock to everyone that loved him. His spirit now rests peacefully at home, at the farm, surrounded by all the beauty that animated and inspired him during his entire lifetime. His legacy will echo in the Gatineau Hills eternally.