John Henry Folley

John Folley is a New England-based artist and event painter. He received his B.A. in Studio Art and Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and subsequently served as the Art Department Chair and Art Instructor at the Heights School in Potomac, MD and later as Visiting Fellow and Art Guild Master at the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, NH. He received his training in the Boston School of Painting under the master artist Paul Ingbretson. John paints traditional still life paintings, portraits, and sacred subjects including mural work for churches; paints live at weddings and other events; and has illustrated over a dozen books for young readers. He lives and has a studio in Gardner, MA, along with his wife Deirdre and their eight children. His newest project for Catholic families is the "Saints and Seasons" subscription service with Sophia Institute Press.