John Wesley began his adventures in visual art as an illustrator a little over 40 years ago. By the early sixties, Wesley became more interested in modern art and moved from California to NYC so he could gain connections to the modern art scene of the time. Today, John Wesley is a prominent contemporary artist whose work has been recognized and admired in many well known galleries throughout the world. As I was reading a retrospective biography on the artist and absorbing his aesthetic approach, I began to wonder how other important figures in the creative arts today may be indebted to the work of Wesley. I in particular, admire how the paintings by John Wesley are rich with intelligent humor and eloquence in spite of his simplistic style. Like Roy Lichtenstein in the 60s, John Wesley began to experiment with the appropriation of newspaper comics in the 70s, Wesley also finds a great deal of inspiration for his paintings in mundane, ordinary advertisement clippings; proving that as far as John Wesley is concerned, Pop Art remains alive and strong.