Antoinette Kelly
Purity of Being
Acrylic, 40 x 120cm
About
I have been drawing and painting constantly since I was a child and knew I just wanted to be an artist when I grew up! I studied graphic design at Epsom School of Art and Design in Surrey and Illustration at Southampton. When I left, I decided to paint and exhibit instead, so that’s what I did. I rented a studio in Wimbledon for a few years, so I undertook commissions and participated in group shows.
In 2002, I moved to France, where I continued to paint, developing a style considered as ‘naïve’. Since living in France, I have exhibited extensively all over Europe, in the U.K. and in Canada. My images have been licensed for wall art in the United States, and my paintings have been sold to collectors worldwide.
My inspiration comes mostly from nature; I love painting animals and solitary figures in dreamlike settings. I like to try to create a particular atmosphere using light and shadows in my work.
I use acrylics more than oils for convenience, especially when doing commissioned pieces, but I happily use either. Occassionaly I enjoy using coloured pencils on paper.
Past Exhibitions
– Ya Gallery, ‘She is an Artist’ Significant Naive Art in the UK and Ukraine. Kyiv. UKRAINE
– International Exhibition of Naive Art, Braine-le-Comte. BELGIUM
– Galeria Szyb Wilson, Katowice. POLAND
– Galerie DrobsKunst. Berlin. GERMANY
– Saatchi Art Online Gallery. ‘Artist Recognition’ featured in several collections and numerous times in ‘New This Week’
– Selected as one of ’24 Artists to Collect in 2024′ on Saatchi Art Online Gallery.
– The Mall Galleries. London (Shortlisted for ‘Artist of The Year 2013 and 2019’ with Artist &
Illustrator’s magazine)
– Musée International d’Art Naif de Magog. CANADA
– Galerie Mary-Ann. Macon. FRANCE
– Art in the Mill. Knaresborough, Yorkshire. U.K
– Mariner’s Gallery. St.Ives, Cornwall, U.K
– Gloss Gallery. Exeter, Devon, U.K
– Little Picture Gallery. Mousehole.Cornwall, U.K
– Delamore Arts. Devon, U.K
– The Crypt Gallery. St.Ives, Cornwall, U.K
– Lacy Road Gallery. London
– Battersea Arts Fair. London
– The Mall Galleries. London (Finalist in the ‘Winsor & Newton Young Artist’s Award’)
– Wimbledon Art Studios, Open-Studios. London
– Arundel Gallery Trail. Arundel, U.K
Contact: antoinettekelly@hotmail.fr
Star Travellers
Oil, 40 x 40cm
Moonlight Skinnydip
Acrylic, 90 x 90cm
The Magician
Oil, 50 x 50cm
Sweet Little Kitty
Oil, 30 x 30cm
Twilight Dance
Acrylic, 80 x 80cm
Bird Boy
Acrylic, 30 x 30cm
Lakeside Masquerade
Acrylic, 80 x 80cm
Moonchild
Acrylic, 60 x 60cm
Nocturnal Wanderings
Oil , 50 x 70cm
Black Cat
Acrylic, 20 x 15cm
Fat Pig
Acrylic, 27 x 35cm
Reflection
Acrylic, 14 x 30cm
Horace
Acrylic, 15 x 10cm
The Association of British Naïve Artists,
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Cornwall, TR19 6PQ
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