Peony (detail) 12 x 9 inches. Pastel. Framed and Available. View "Peony"
My Art News
UPCOMING:
Muncy Historical Society Art Show and Sale, Friday and Saturday, November 8th and 9th, at the First United Methodist Church at 602 South Market Street, Muncy, PA.
FALL's ART HAPPENINGS:
I was honored to win "Best Depiction of the Tioga Wilds" in the pro category of the inaugural Wellsboro Wilds Plein Air Festival that took place Sept. 13 and 14, 2024. I chose to paint a local farm market that was surrounded by sunflower fields near the north end of the Pine Creek Rail Trail outside onWellsboro, PA. My mother and daughter also took part in the competition and made some beautiful work. What a great day!
THIS PAST SUMMER:
Residency completed at Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center:
As a rostered teaching artist with the Northern Tier Partners for the Arts in Education (NTPAIE), I enjoyed teaching drawing basics to a group of adults using a still life set up in the beautiful Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center in Wellsboro, PA. If your organization is interested in hosting one of my art classes, but need more information, please email me at stacyk.fineart@gmail.com or contact NTPAIE Director, Renae Chamberlain for more information: 570-268-2787.
"VINTAGE" (Oil painting)
17 x 17 inch square image size, Oil painting, framed (below).
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I am a Rostered Teaching Artist art with the Northern Tier Partners of the Arts in Education program (NTPAIE), a program funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Organizations can hire me to give art lessons to their population for 5 up to 20 day residencies in the surrounding area of Sullivan and Lycoming Counties. For more information, please contact me at stacyk.fineart@gmail.com or call NTPAIE Program Director, Renae Chamberlain at 570-268-2787.
I also continue to create work under my Juried Professional Artisan designation with the Wilds Cooperative of Pennsylvania. This organization helps market rural makers in the 13 county-wide area that is the Pa Wilds. Thank you for your interest in my work!
Cheers!
-Stacy
About Me
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
-Edgar Degas
Keystone Mountain Park Trust Grounds, Muncy Valley, PA. Pastel on sanded pastel card. (Commissioned, 2022.)
Now Available: Sweet tiny still life minis (5 x 7 inches and smaller ) featuring objects from around my rural Pennsylvania home. Contact me at stacyk.fineart@gmail.com with inquiries.
Shown: Bananas, Bottles, and Bloom, 5 x 7 inch image, Colored pencil on paper.
Now Available: These are immediate impressions of safe and reflective moments I am grateful to have experienced during this unprecedented time in history. Contact me at stacyk.fineart@gmail.com with inquiries.
Shown: Pa Summer of 2020 No. 1, 11 x 14 inches. SOLD.
THE STORY OF MY ART
By Stacy Kelley
I believe in paying attention to uncelebrated, but telling moments that highlight character and qualities that might otherwise go unnoticed. Mining out these nuances provides the inspiration for my work. I strive to communicate essence through gesture, a deliberate arrangement of elements, or a specific point of view. The representational aesthetic of my work leans into the philosophies of Romanticism and Impressionism. Rewarding art experiences all throughout my school years eventually led me to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in 2000. My perpetual love of drawing, and interests in communication design and psychology have inspired me through the years. To me, art is an indispensable way to focus, consider, communicate, reflect, explore, and triumph. Welcome to my art journey!
"Let The Light" Watercolor and Inktense pencil, SOLD.