Caroline Kelley is a graduate from Saint Michael’s College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Art History. In 2017, she received the Margaret McCarthy Fine Art’s grant for her devotion to painting. This opportunity opened doors for Caroline to fully invest in her exploration of art making.

The work she makes is very much inspired by the peace in nature she was able to find while studying in Vermont. Observations of open space, mountains, tall grass, and wild flowers created the perfect setting for understanding that paint reacts to canvas in the same way wind blows through the trees. At ease and totally natural, if it feels good, it looks good.

Caroline’s abstract expressions take on a timeless spirituality that can be seen in the likes of Hilma Af Klint, Edouard Manet, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo and Wassily Kandinsky. She has a way of brining the energy of the “old masters” back into present time, while still maintaining a fresh perspective on the future of art making. An enhanced, balanced sense of feeling and logic.