John Squadra is an artist and poet who lives with his wife Elizabeth and a large black poodle on eight acres of woods and fields, not far from the ocean in Maine. As an artist he has had one-man shows in New York and Paris and is active as an fine art restorer.

He has written and illustrated several books including, Dr. Miraculous and most recently, This Ecstasy, a book of his poems which relate to the transformative energy of the Goddess. This collection of poems and paintings, Compass of the Rose, is a record of the soul's journey from the dark recesses of the human heart into the heaven that we must all find for ourselves, within ourselves, here on earth. His art, whether poetry or painting, evolves from the realization of the unity and sacredness of all creation. He is fond of what the Greek lyric poet Simonides of Ceos wrote over two thousand years ago, " poetry is vocal painting, just as painting is silent poetry. "