John Frederick Chalkley (10 October 1938 - 16 September 2009; Hertfordshire, UK)
John Chalkley worked as both an illustrator and a fine artist. His art education was at Hornsey College of Art 1955 - 1961. From then until 1985, when he commenced painting full time, he combined painting with teaching art on a part-time basis.

He was an artist with wide ranging styles: he produced portraits, landscapes and imaginative paintings in oils, watercolour, pastel, mixed media and egg tempera. He also worked as a freelance illustrator for books and magazines.

John Chalkley has exhibited in many mixed shows and staged more than 20 one-man exhibitions in galleries in Yorkshire, the Lake District, Devon, Hertfordshire and London.