“In Whelan’s vision of a holy city, the old order of distrust, violence, and tears has passed away. A new creation—hardly possible, nearly incredible, beyond our wildest dreams—beckons.”
Bernard G Prusak. Commonweal. Dec. 2016
“Whelan’s art rescues the rich treasury of Catholic iconography from the fog of syncretist, solipsistic thinking.”
Martin Boland, Dean of Brentwood Cathedral
''Clear, strong, prayerful work, with joy at its centre.''
Art critic Sister Wendy Beckett
“…a visionary painter…”
Meryl Doney, Curator for Wallspace All Hallows on the Wall
