John Woodrow Kelley’s Andalusia Rose in the Art Collection of the US Department of State
Collection of Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C.; Gift of Lincoln Center / Vera List Art Program. Silkscreen, Overall: 42 x 37 x 2 in. (106.7 x 94 x 5.1 cm),
Andalusia Rose
Dr. Bill Snyder Organist
A Conversation with Artist John Woodrow Kelley
“I was a very serious young man, and it was when I was 17 years old that I wrote down a list of goals I had for my life. The list included creating a contemporary painting series based on Greek Mythology. After receiving my Architecture degree from Pratt, I worked at an architectural firm in Midtown for a time, but it was just exhausting and stressful – I realized quickly it wasn’t for me. I thought, “what about my list of goals!?” Once I began receiving commissioned portraits, I saw how It would be possible to have a career as a painter.”
Knoxville Museum of Art:
John Woodrow Kelley Lecture
Prometheus I has been added to the permanent collection in the Knoxville Museum of Art!! Join us for a lecture, slide show, and book signing to celebrate "John Woodrow Kelley, Greek Mythology Now."
Prometheus I
Icarus
NY Social Diary: Studio Visit with John Woodrow Kelley
The Way They Live
"John Woodrow Kelley is a painter who works to create a contemporary interpretation of Greek mythology and the classical tradition. He grew up in Tennessee, where he still owns a house, but studied architecture at Pratt and then stayed put, having lived in Clinton Hill in Brooklyn for close to 25 years. He’s got all the usual artist's insecurities but none of the artist’s obnoxious self-regard, and we loved the care he had taken to put together his idiosyncratic and charming place on the lower two floors of a brownstone."
ICAA Classical Excursions with John Woodrow Kelley
"A unique feature of Clinton Hill is Waverly Avenue, one of the best-preserved streets of 19th-century carriage houses remaining in the country. We will also see the Clinton Hill homes of a well-known Food Network host and of the classical painter John Woodrow Kelley." Arranged by Classical Excursions and the Private Brooklyn Committee. Tour led by Architectural Historian Francis Morrone.
John Woodrow Kelley
