Born in Singapore in 1924, Hoisington was an active figure in the Singapore art scene during the young nation's early years. During the 1950s, he designed window displays for department stores in addition to working on painting and sculpture commissions for commercial spaces. In 1972, he opened a gallery in his home at No. 27 Margoliouth Road, which had long been a haunt for many pioneer artists he was close to, such as pioneer sculptor Ng Eng Teng. However, his career as a gallerist would be cut short by a fatal heart attack a mere two months after its opening.
As a self-taught artist with no formal training in art, his style was bold and unfettered by conventions. Hoisington took inspiration from Western painting, drawing on Renaissance artists and 20th-century masters such as Edgar Degas and Paul Cézanne. However, his works resist the tendency of his contemporaries to romanticise the idyllic kampong life and the Singapore River, standing out amid the era of Nanyang school and watercolour artists' dominance. Hoisington is also recognised for pioneering aluminium art and sculpture in Singapore.