Rev William A Blayney
1918 - 1985 (Pennslyvania, USA)
REV WILLIAM A BLAYNEY ABANDONED HIS LIFE AS AN AUTO-MECHANIC TO BECOME AN ORDAINED PENACOSTAL MINISTER IN THE 1970S. HIS ALLEGORICAL PAINTINGS WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO COMPLEMENT HIS TEACHINGS, MOST TYPICALLY WITH SCENES OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, INSPIRED BY THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS.
HIEROGLYPHICA, STEPHEN ROMANO GALLERY (NEW YORK) 2015/16
OPUS HYPNAGOGIA: SACRED SPACES OF THE VISIONARY AND VERNACULAR, THE MORBID ANATOMY MUSEUM (NEW YORK) 2015
HEAVEN + HELL, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART (LUMA) AND THE INTUIT: THE CENTER FOR INTUITIVE AND OUTSIDER ART (CHICAGO) 2012
CURRY, MARSHALL. “WILLIAM A.BLAYNEY,” SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: AN AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY, EDITED BY ELSA LONGHAUSER, ET AL. NEW YORK: MUSEUMOF AMERICAN FOLK ART, 1998.
OWSLEY, DAVID T. “WILLIAM A.BLAYNEY/SELF-TAUGHT PITTSBURGH PAINTER.” CARNEGIE MAGAZINE, VOL. 54 (MARCH 1980): 4–9
