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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
watercolors, with a passion for charcoal figure
drawing and more recently painting with pastels; she
finds the spontaneity and vibrancy of pastels 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.
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
watercolors, with a passion for charcoal figure
drawing and more recently painting with pastels; she
finds the spontaneity and vibrancy of pastels 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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Northwest Pastel Society
Selected for the 2009 Members’ Exhibit
April 24 – May 28, 2009
Blue Horse Gallery
301 W Holly Street, #M1
Bellingham, WA
Selected for the 2009 Members’ Exhibit
April 24 – May 28, 2009
Blue Horse Gallery
301 W Holly Street, #M1
Bellingham, WA