A graduate from Karnataka University (Psychology and Philosophy as a major) Studied art (Drawing and painting) at Chitra Mandir, Belgaum for 9 years, under the guidance of eminent artist Shri K.B. Kulkarni. Fernandes has several solo and group shows to his credit.

    Today, John Fernandes is considered to be one of the finest realistic painters in India . His journey as an artist, started from a small town in Belgaum , Karnataka when he was brought to K.B. Kulkarnis art classes by his elder brother. John's inborn talent, made him a very quick student, needing only subtle suggestions from his teacher. His grasp of line form and color tones was something exceptional. He learnt drawing from Nature, from memory and from live models, using the medium of pencils, charcoal crayons, water colours and oils with equal ease.

    John's paintings encapsulate with great skill, the sensual female form, rendered with a rare delicacy and sensitivity. His figurative paintings leave one enthralled by the provocative and yet sensually innocent look of his women.

    Besides figurative studies he also paints landscapes and still lifes with equal compositional and tonal skill. John's confidence is such that he does not use line to define form. He paints masses and forms emerge very interestingly.

    Pencil drawings and his forte, a live which he says he has inherited from his Sir K.B. Kulkarni. Be it water-colors or oils, John's disciplined and confident handling of his subjects, leave a definite stamp, that says, “this is John”! John Fernandes invests arts with an honest eye and raises the mind through the painted image, creating ‘timeless-art' that is a joy to behold.