Wellington received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and MFA from The New York Academy of Art. He has taught traditional painting techniques at The New York Academy of Art and privately in his atelier for two decades. He has lectured and taught painting workshops across the county. His paintings have been in numerous exhibitions and art fairs in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, and Paris. He has shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris) and The Arnot Museum (New York). John has painted alongside of the Prince of Wales and is in his private collection as well as other prominent collections in the US, Asia and Europe. He has lived in France, Italy, and New York City where he currently resides.