John Kiernan is the owner of Blue Line Studios located in Warrenton, Va. He started a career in Law Enforcement in 1988 by attending the Suffolk County Police Academy, and began working for the Southampton Village Police Department, Southampton, N.Y. 

In 1989 he relocated to Virginia and joined the Fairfax County Police Department. During this time as a patrol officer, he became a member of the SWAT team, Neighborhood bike patrol, Accident Reconstruction unit and a fitness coordinator.

In the course of his career, he maintained his love of art by painting murals at the Criminal Justice Academy, the Fair Oaks and Sully District Stations. He created the logo for the National Chief’s Challenge for safety belts and the logo used by the SWAT team. He helped raise money for fellow fallen officer, Billy Moore’s family by selling prints of his creation, “The Straight Path”.

John left the police force in 2001 to pursue a full time career in art. Since then he has traveled to Netherlands, Italy and Canada to learn and display his beautiful works of art. His original painting, “The Joker”, was selected to be displayed in the Escher in the Park Museum in The Hague, Netherlands. John continues to integrate his love of art with his passion of his former career as a police officer.
 

John attended Farmingdale State University and received a degree in Advertising Art and Design. He continued his education and attended The School of Visual Arts, and later studied computer graphics at Old Westbury.

In six years, john worked for several advertising firms leaving his last position as head art director. In 2001 to present, John studied at the “The Finishing School” and had taken numerous courses on decorative painting.  In 2004 he received several awards for work at the “Faux Academy” held in Las Vegas at the Venetian Hotel.

In 2005 John was inducted in Salon, a gathering of international Decorative Painters. This event consists of an elite group of artist from the United States and Europe who share their craft for a week event. 2007 John was given the opportunity to study in Italy for almost a month.  April of 2010 John will participate in Salon at Versallies, France, the State Capital.

John's work has been featured in Washington Spaces Magazine, The Washington Post, Elan Magazine, Faux Effects International, Faux Effects world, and Home and Design.