John Eagle was born in Ashtablula, Ohio.  He grew up in Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay area.  His artistic career began in San Jose, California, where he completed his undergraduate degree.

His post graduate studies were at Otis Art Institute and the Laguna College of Art and Design.  He is a member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Sawdust Art Festival, Southern California Artists Association, and serves as an officer for First Thursdays Art Walk in Laguna Beach.  He is an instructor of oil painting for the City of Laguna Beach and the Sawdust Art Festival. John is a registered artist in Who's Who in American Art.

John paints outdoors in a style unique to him in a style called mosaic impressionism.  Applying thick, undiluted oil paint with a flat brush, he covers the canvas with downward strokes.  The finished painting resembles a mosiac up close, and an impressionistic piece from a distance.  His paintings dramatize the quality of light and stimulate a warm positve feeling of serenity and tranquility.