THE LIFE OF A DAILY PAINTER – Kelly Walker Studios

“As a daily painter Kelly paints every day.  She  joined the daily painting movement several years ago and says that painting every day helps her to maintain artistic discipline; it fosters creativity, improves her skills and brings her great joy.  Very much taken with subjects of everyday life from landscapes to fruit and vegetables to animals, she works in watercolor, oil, and acrylic.  Working in multiple mediums keeps Kelly from being bored and gives her a great deal of flexibility in subject matter.  Often painting  from photos in the studio, she still loves to paint in en Plein-air whenever possible.  Kelly had two successful solo shows in Hopkinsville, KY in the mid 1990’s.  Since moving to Virginia she has participated in juried shows at the Blue Ridge Arts Council (BRAC) in Front Royal each year from 2000 – 2010.  At the 2000 exhibit, she was awarded Best-in-Show for a work in pastel and was awarded a Solo Show at BRAC in October 2000.  In the fall of 2002, Kelly and two other local artists presented a show at BRAC. August 2005 Kelly exhibited her very successful “Dog Days of Summer” show for the benefit of the Blue Ridge Arts Council and the Humane Society of Warren County.  In March 2006 the Blue Ridge Arts Council named Kelly the “Arts Citizen of the Year”.  At the 2006 BRAC member show Kelly was awarded 3rd prize for a watercolor painting.  She also has displayed work at The Art Group in Mt. Jackson, and was featured artist there in June-July 2006, and at the Mill in Millwood, VA.  Her work is currently on display at Delilah’s Gallery in Front Royal. Kelly is a native of Georgia where she received a BS in Secondary Education from Georgia Southern College.  She is currently a full-time artist.  Prior to that she worked sixteen years in the non-profit world with Chambers of Commerce in Kentucky and Virginia. Tapping into her teaching experience, Kelly teaches art to children and adults at the Blue Ridge Arts Council in Front Royal as well as giving private lessons.  She was selected in 2011 to teach an Art Residency at the elementary schools in Warren County for the 175th Anniversary Celebration. Kelly is a firm believer in public/community service and is very active in many organizations in the community.  She served on the Board of the Pennyroyal Arts Council, Hopkinsville, KY, and is past President of the Blue Ridge Arts Council Board in Front Royal, VA.  Kelly is very active dog rescue groups around the country often providing them with art for fund-raising.  Kelly studied extensively with Barbara Gardner, a well-known artist in Kentucky, and has taken workshops with nationally known instructors Joyce Pike, Pat Weaver, Morgan Samuel Price and Robert Burridge.

Kelly loves rescue dogs, especially her 3-year-old Lab-basset rescue named Jed and year old dachshund-Airedale mix, Lincoln.  She enjoys hiking, reading almost anything, and the study and observation of politics.”   

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