“William Kelley is an artist of remarkable expressive powers.  He possesses a guileless authenticity and deeply felt power to portray his personal passions in paint.  He connects directly with his enthusiasms and thus his joy is manifest in the work.  As an expatriate American painting in Tuscany, he brings a New world honesty and sincerity to the immemorial splendors-the light and color swarming landscapes of Italy: land of dreams and visions of delight.” 
                                                                        David Cleveland           
                                                                        ArtNews and Author

“Warm, rich pictures…it’s the space - the distances in the these glowing images that give them their spiritual power.”
                                                                       Sister Wendy Beckett
                                                                       Art Historian and Author  
“The work, so rich, glowing, cheery, subtle, its colours and patterns so measured in their rhythm, its impact of serious joy so deep.”
                                                                        Sister Wendy Beckett
                                                                        Art Historian and Author 

“Kelley’s devotion to Italy reaps rich rewards: the casual seriousness of it all creates a world that, if not a waking dream, surely suggests an alternative universe.”
                                                                        Gerrit Henry  
                                                                        ArtNews, Art in America

“Radiant work…How it sings with warmth and colour.”
                                                                        Sister Wendy Beckett
                                                                        Art Historian and Author 

"Wonderful Work: ...as profound a vision as one could want
 How Cézanne would love you... Magnificent" 
                                                                       Sister Wendy Beckett
                                                                       Art Historian and Author