“I create watercolour portraits that are emotional, unusual, and tell stories about identity. My approach to painting is meticulous, and my palette is bold. I delight in creating difficult painting problems that no one else would want to solve. Lately these problems have involved my projector, which I use to shoot images onto my subjects. The resulting watercolours become two-in-one paintings, such as my father covered with a farm, my niece inside fireworks, or myself emerging from a nebula or trapped behind stained glass.
My goal is to push watercolour as far as it can go.”
Kelly was a first prize winner in the IWM2024 world contest and we are delighted to award her IWM status and welcome her to our family of Master watercolour artists at IWM2026.
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