“Whelan’s art rescues the rich treasury of Catholic iconography from the fog of syncretist, solipsistic thinking.” Martin Boland, Dean of Brentwood Cathedral
“Looking at a Whelan painting is like looking at a stained glass window, through the eyes of Bart Simpson.” Writer and critic Steven Martin
“…a visionary painter…” Meryl Doney, Curator for Wallspace All Hallows on the Wall