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From John

Thank you for visiting greenreligion.com. This space is built around a spirited connection to nature, a truth more essential than any luxury, trend, or status symbol we attach ourselves to. No man‑made object outshines a single living tree.

Green Religion is a community for people who feel that truth. It’s a place for makers, storytellers, and everyday eco‑heroes who understand that our planet doesn’t depend on us. We depend on it. Through workshops, creative gatherings, and profiles of those doing meaningful ecological work, we explore how humans can participate with the living world rather than simply consume it.

My art and design practice is one way I contribute to that mission. As Creative Director, designer, and artist, I lead the work you see here, and I continue to create with other artists and designers who share this vision. Green Religion grows through collaboration.

Every sale and every profit supports this work. Nothing extravagant. Just fuel for a community that wants to thrive alongside nature, not above it.

I’m grateful you’re here. John

The work below reflects years of curiosity, observation, and making. Some was created under my birth name, John DeCristofaro. The rest continues through Green Religion and my studio practice.

To learn more about my story, I invite you to read my recent Canvas Rebel interview.

Read the Canvas Rebel feature

John DeFaro. photo Nicole Combeau
True Tree 'By the Bay' Women's all cotton tee
True Tree 'Swirl with It' 2025. pencil. 18 by 16 inches
Patio Shore. 2016. 51 by 49 by 15 inches. mixed media assemblage.
Licensed home furnishings collection for Lexington Furniture Industries, 1993.
Bridgehampton Outdoor Chair featured on the cover of Metropolitan Home magazine.
Creating artwork for The Art and Soul of Country collection during the development of licensed furniture, textile, and home furnishing designs for Lexington Furniture Industries. The Primitive Forest quilted textile frames the studio scene in the foreground.
Louvered Entertainment Center. Designed for Lexington Furniture Industries.



Cobb Road, Water Mill. 1983. Acrylic on canvas. 20 by 24 inches. 

Studio Art

Explore additional exhibitions, projects, and archive materials at johndefaro.com.