Site Specificity | Land/Cityscape

It is enough to wander through markets among minutiae, to see
chickens plucked of feathers, the scraps of cellophane and matchbooks
to hear the spigot squeak as i turn it and make eye contact
for longer than a happenstance.
To smell air on skin and listen to white noise between thoughts
to pilot alongside another, conjure, move parallel, tug.
A vessel- hold, contain, carry, bind, house.
To move through open doors

Current studio imagery stems from observation—
seeing a specific ‘place and space’, day-to-day vignettes of people in their environment and the gestures that define personal or cultural identity. Images reside between the foreign and familiar tying in a sense of home and place, of placement and displacement, and create a foundation that gives context to personal iconography.

Color, texture, line and form on a human scale is housed within the larger context of community, architecture, landscape. Seeing points of overlap define the visual approach to art-making, design, installation and site-specific work. In the paintings, glazing thin coats of oil paint creates a sense of depth within the canvas. The colors are intense yet subdued as though they have been pushed back, more of a remembered hue than a directly perceived color.

Kelly has 15 years involvement in the professional visual arts as a fine artist, educator and designer.

Fine art representation includes Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon; Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon; Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, Washington