200 Religion | John-Paul Flintoff

New book

A psychiatric admission. New spectacles. A sketchbook.

A few years ago, John-Paul Flintoff told his wife he thought he was worthless and… Read more

Every day, thousands of people ask me this question:

Welcome

I’m John-Paul. I’m a writer and artist. I live in London.

I work at the intersection of story, art, incl drawing and painting, and performance.

Creative self-expression is a route to insight, confidence, and transformation – for me and for others.

I help people find a voice, and make a mark.

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My approach combines classical rhetoric with theatrical improvisation, visual art with narrative, technical skill with emotional truth.

These things feed each other.

Work with me

I’ll help you discover and express your most powerful, authentic self.

The work is fundamentally the same, regardless of the specific output:

painting your portrait,
collaborating as you write a book,
teaching you to speak with confidence or
running a workshop for your team.

Background

Seven books, in 16 languages: fiction, illustrated poetry, memoir and non-fiction.

Worked for years as a journalist, magazine writer and editor on the Financial Times and the Sunday Times.

Trained in classical rhetoric and theatrical improvisation.

Recovered from psychiatric crisis through making art. It wasn’t just recovery but liberation. That experience transformed my understanding of creative practice and informs everything I do.

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Latest post:

Nightingales at Keats House

One thing I learned doing a solo show last year is how helpful it can be when people take photographs of an artist with their work. So today I was delighted to do exactly that for Martin Huxter, whose exhibition just opened at Keats House in Hampstead.

I was there…