Sara Kelly’s studio is located at 8 Myrtle Avenue, Cambridge NY.
Call or 518-480-8197 for directions.
ARTIST STATEMENT: I’ve always loved to draw and paint. It was nearly impossible to stop me. Luckily my Grandmother Kelly and Aunt Mimi inspired me to play with materials and mediums, using my own imagination for the subject matter. I still cherish one of my Grandmother’s books that she had used as a teaching aid for art and turn to it quite often for inspiration.
After attended SUNY New Paltz, with a major in studio art focusing on Gold and Silversmithing, I spent the next 20 years as a craftsperson, creating unique items and selling them at shows and to shops.
I ventured back to painting in the early 2000’s while simultaneously working as a graphic designer. I work with watercolor and gouache on paper, and with oil paint on canvas. I like both mediums and the colors/blending styles unique to each.
I mostly work from my mind’s eye, recalling a scene that made me stop and study it, or gasp with delight at the beauty of nature. I do take multitudes of photographs, and if I’m painting a specific animal or scene, I will use them for reference. I think of my paintings as life illustrations, somewhere between the real world and fantasy.
Visit my website at sarakellyart.com
