By Gaelan Bellamy
John Ashley Bellamy, artist, beloved father, companion and brother, passed away on December 8, surrounded and held by his family, completing a life best described as fabulous.
Photo courtesy of the
Bellamy family
Born June 28, 1943 to Jane and Lloyd Bellamy, Johnny never strayed from the path less traveled.
After graduating from Jesuit High school, he went on to receive his BA in Fine Arts from Notre Dame University in South Bend, Ind., notably creating a building-sized mural of the football coach out of colored balloons, and then his Masters of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa.