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Kelcey developed an interest in art in her early childhood. In the third grade she made a paper mache pig and painted it with large
yellow daisies. From that day forward her life would never be the same…she began drawing everything! Kelcey’s formal art
education started in high school, where she was chosen to student teach in the art department. She attended the Art Institute of
Florida and countless continuing education classes throughout the years, most recently studying with Trish Harding at Studio UFO in
Bellingham.
Kelcey has an early artistic background in water colors, with a passion for charcoal figure drawing and more recently painting with
soft pastels and oil paints; she finds spontaneity and vibrancy with these mediums lends itself well to her landscapes, still lifes,
portraits and random smatterings of whimsy.
Kelcey won the “Image Award” from the Allied Arts of Whatcom County 2007 juried competition for the La Bella Strada Festival. The
piece chosen was the image used on all the marketing materials for the La Bella Strada Festival of 2008. Her work has been
accepted in NW Pastel society juried shows, “Unclad” 2005, 2006, and 2008, and in “Brushes with the Land” 2006 and 2007. Her
work has also been displayed in countless coffee shops and restaurants in Bellingham and Edmonds as well as appearing in the
Solovei Art Gallery of Everett and “Gallery by the Bay” in Stanwood. Her work is in private collections in California, Washington and
New Zealand.
yellow daisies. From that day forward her life would never be the same…she began drawing everything! Kelcey’s formal art
education started in high school, where she was chosen to student teach in the art department. She attended the Art Institute of
Florida and countless continuing education classes throughout the years, most recently studying with Trish Harding at Studio UFO in
Bellingham.
Kelcey has an early artistic background in water colors, with a passion for charcoal figure drawing and more recently painting with
soft pastels and oil paints; she finds spontaneity and vibrancy with these mediums lends itself well to her landscapes, still lifes,
portraits and random smatterings of whimsy.
Kelcey won the “Image Award” from the Allied Arts of Whatcom County 2007 juried competition for the La Bella Strada Festival. The
piece chosen was the image used on all the marketing materials for the La Bella Strada Festival of 2008. Her work has been
accepted in NW Pastel society juried shows, “Unclad” 2005, 2006, and 2008, and in “Brushes with the Land” 2006 and 2007. Her
work has also been displayed in countless coffee shops and restaurants in Bellingham and Edmonds as well as appearing in the
Solovei Art Gallery of Everett and “Gallery by the Bay” in Stanwood. Her work is in private collections in California, Washington and
New Zealand.
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