Paul Bonelli earned degrees at the College of William and Mary, Montclair State University, and most recently an MFA in Printmaking at Southern Illinois University in 1995. After that he moved to the Jersey Shore region and established himself as a local artist. The woodcut print has been his primary means of expression for the past 35 years. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions locally around the state and nation, and internationally, and is included in several significant collections. He has taught woodcut printmaking at various colleges and arts centers.