Sylvester Wells Art for Sale and Sold Prices

b. 1938 -

Sylvester Wells is first and foremost a man of God. He says he was called to serve the Lord in 1960 and has been a preacher ever since. His artistic work, therefore, can only understood as part of his service to God. As he says, “You can’t put God on the sidelines. You must do everything to the glory of God.”

He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the middle child of ten. His father was a truck driver at the shipyard and his mother took care of the home and family. While he wasn’t raised in the church, his parents knew what was right and wrong, and worked hard to keep their children out of trouble. High moral standards directed them to all be good citizens.

As a child, Sylvester liked to draw. Although no one in his family was artistic, he spent his time drawing beginning at the age of six. God gave him the gift, he explains, and it was his job to cultivate it. On his own, he developed skills in portraiture and sign painting.

After finishing high school in Jacksonville, he joined the US Army and was stationed in France. Once his service was completed, he returned home to his wife, Consuelo in Cocoa, Florida.