JOHN HENRY FOLLEY
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About John Henry Folley


    John Folley is a New England-based independent artist and event painter. He received his B.A. in Studio Art and Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and was subsequently employed as the Art Department Chair and Art Instructor at the Heights School outside of Washington, D.C. In 2018, he concluded instruction in the Boston School of Painting with the master artist Paul Ingbretson. John paints in oil to render beautiful still life paintings, portraits, and sacred subjects. Read about his motivations in his artist statement and also in his blog post, Why I Left. 

    John was Visiting Fellow and Art Guild Master at the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, NH. 

    His studio is on the historic town green in Lancaster, Massachusetts. John resides nearby with his wife and studio manager, Deirdre, and their six young children.

    John also has done significant work in the field of Illustration. You can view his Illustration Portfolio here.
  • Nov. 13, 2019, Aletaia.org The Catholic Artists Directory: A Guide to Finding the Best in Traditional Sacred Art Today 
  • Fall 2019, Painting, Poems, and Pageants: Guildmaster John Folley and the Sacred Art Guild from the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
  • Nov. 30, 2018 After Hours Session at the Guild of Boston Artists from the New England Vatican Patrons 
  • Sept. 24, 2018, Worcester Telegram: Artist Finds the Perfect light in Lancaster Town Hall
  • ​​August 25-26, 2018, The Wall Street Journal: Children's Books: James Baldwin's Tale of Childhood in Harlem

2020 ・Canceled: 'Real, Present, & Alive: Figurative works of John Henry Folley' at the Great and Main studios, Holliston, MA — Solo Exhibit
2020 ・ Postponed: 'In the Light of the Past,' the Whistler Museum of Art, Lowell, MA
​2018 ・ Ingbretson Studio Alumni Exhibition, Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA 
2018 ・ 'Silence the Stones,' Trinity Church, Bolton, MA
2018 ・‘Light and Form,’ Bolton Public Library, Bolton, MA — Solo exhibit
2017 ・Academic Artists Association 67th Annual National Exhibition, Vernon, CT
2016 ・New Hampshire Art Association Plein Air Paintout Show, Portsmouth, NH
2012 ・Educators Exhibition, Gallery Vivia, Bethesda, MD

All original work 2020 © John Henry Folley. Kindly seek written permission from the artist before reproducing any of the above work in any form.
  • Fine Art
    • Still Life
    • Portraiture
    • Commissions
  • Beauty Advocacy
  • Live Painting
    • Weddings
    • Wedding Portraits
    • Other Events
    • F. A. Q.
    • Painting Demonstrations
  • Study with John
  • About
    • Contact
    • Artist Statement
  • New Page