John Wellington

I am an artist living, working and teaching in downtown New York City.

My two current series - "Idols: Demons and Saints" and "Immortal" - use images from internet "Idol" sites, subtitles from Samurai and Hong Kong gangster films, references to old master paintings, and both religious and pop fetishistic icons. These paintings continue to explore my fascination with devotion, idolatry and the use of objectified imagery in art and life in the changing and fragile Empires of our time.More work may be seen at:

Fine art prints of more than sixty of my paintings may be purchased at

A note: Although I enjoy being a part of SaatchiOnline, the contests to declare a "best" work has little to do with why I love art and why I make art. I understand it might be important for some to validate their work but for me it is a vapid pursuit. Thank you in advance for understanding my abstaining from voting for anyone's art and in return I promise not to ask for your vote.

Rhode Island School of Design, BFA 1983
New York Academy of Art, MFA 1990