Frederick John Featham was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England. After studying at Cheltenham School of Art and St Paul's College, (Bristol University), he taught painting and printmaking at St Crispin's State Secondary School in Wokingham, England.
Art is the supreme form of communication.
If I manage to convey to the viewer the excitement I feel when trying to render the miraculous effect of light on a landscape or a still life, then I have succeeded. If not, I have failed. Hence, the ultimate judge is the viewer.
- F. J. Featham
In 1990 he obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Translation from the Institute of Linguistics in London, of which he became a full member.
In 1995 he obtained the Diploma of European Studies from the Open University of Great Britain.
He lives and works in Rethymno, and is married to a Greek. His paintings and prints are in private collections in Greece, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA.
In December 2007 he participated in the Florence Biennale at the invitation of the international organizing committee.
He has been invited to exhibit at the Galleria della Biblioteca Angelica in Rome in September 2021.
He became a naturalized Greek citizen in 1981.
