JOHN WOODROW KELLEY 1952 Tennessee, US

A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, John Woodrow Kelley is a representational artist known for mythological scenes and portraiture. In his works, Kelley seeks to reinterpret Western art through a contemporary lens. His lifelong fascination with classical art stemmed from a trip to the Greek Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee, at age six. Kelley’s oil paintings are inspired by Greek mythology and studies of the old masters like Diego Velázquez and Caravaggio; this emphasis on the subject matter and vocabulary of classical realism is in reaction to the emptiness of abstract expressionism and modernism in the visual arts. https://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2024/04/john-woodrow-kelley.html