Jelina Haines was born in Manila, Philippines in 1970 and migrated to Australia in 1997,holds a Graduate Certificate in Business Information Management (Archival & Preservation Mgmt), a Bachelor of Arts (Interdisciplinary Visual Arts) and a Diploma in Community Cultural Development (Dip.CCD).
He is considered a supreme colourist and one of the finest living British painters, but did not achieve any prominence until later on in his career. His painting is intense and richly laden with colour and meaning, performing a dynamic that uniquely straddles representation and abstraction and works