John Lane was a painter, writer and educator. He was the founding director of a major arts centre – the Beaford Centre in rural North Devon – and instrumental in the creation of the Orchard Theatre and Schumacher College. He lectured and conducted workshops on the subject of the arts and spirituality worldwide and was Trustee and Chairman of the Dartington Hall Trust. His books include The Living Tree: Art and the Sacred; A Snake’s Tail full of Ants and Timeless Simplicity. He also edited Images of Earth and Spirit, an anthology of Resurgence art published by Green Books in 2003.

John was educated at the Slade School of Art and the University of London’s Institute of Education. He travelled widely in the Far East and India, and gave lectures and workshops in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Japan and widely exhibited his paintings. John was Art Editor of Resurgence magazine for over twenty years.