Cape Cod artist David F. Kelley: art biography

Cape Cod artist David F. Kelley, pastels, Cape Cod landscapes, art for kids, portraits, pastel paintings David Kelley Originals.com

David F. Kelley with winning painting with Juror Mary Louise, Falmouth Cape Cod


David F. Kelley is a Falmouth resident and is enjoying a full career as both a designer-illustrator and fine artist. His clients were mainly in book publishing, professional sports, marketing, technology, health & fitness. His career got launched as a book designer in book publishing with Houghton Miffllin and then with Ginn and Company in Boston prior to entering the freelance world where he expanded his skill base. Despte a busy career, David continued to paint, experiment and enter juried exhibitions around the country as this activity was the background and creative source for his design work. He returned more seriously to painting about 9 years ago and is enjoying continued progress. Although he works in a variety of media, he paints primarily in pastels and exhibits regularly in juried and members shows on and off Cape Cod. Education. David is a graduate of Providence College where he played varsity baseball, ran cross country and received a degree in Political Science. Following graduation, he was accepted into the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence where he studied graphic design for two years before being drafted into the U.S.Army. Over the years, he continuedhis art and photography studies and to stay current with computer graphics. He is a veteran of the US Army and served in the Quartermaster Corps as an artist-illustrator. Community: David is a Past President of both the Falmouth Artists Guild and South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, supports local arts groups including the South Shore Art Center, Cape Cod Art Association, the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, is a member of the Falmouth Cultural Council and board member of the Falmouth Artists Guild where he serves as chairman of the public relations committee. Recent Achievements: In 2006, David won awards at the Duxbury and Cape Cod Art Associations, the Falmouth Artists Guild, and also a contest to design the South Shore Art Festival Program cover. He was featured with an article in the Falmouth Enterprise as the September Artist of the Month for the Falmouth Artists Guild and a July 2008 article in the Falmouth Bulletin. 2009 has been a good year with "Best Pastel" awards at the All Cape Cod Show at CCAA and the Artists Guild Summer Juried Show. He was recently selected as a "Signature Member" of the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod and had a drawing selected by Northlight Books, Strokes of Genius 2, the best of drawing. Awards & Exhibitions 2006 - 2009 Summer Juried Show 2009 - Falmouth Artists Guild, Best Pastel for Lady with a Red Scarf All Cape Cod 2009 - Cape Cod Art Association, First Place-Pastel for The Luncheon North Light Books 2009 - Strokes of Genius 2, Illustraton Competition. Green Pond Summer - pastel Visions Exhibition 2008 - Cape Cod Art Association, First Place-Pastels for Fashion Show Summer Juried Show 2008 - Falmouth Artists Guild, Best Portrait-Figure Painting for An Old Friend For Pastel Painters only on CC 2007 - PPSCC for Quisset Rocks Fall Juried Show 2007 - Falmouth Artists Guild, First Place-Pastels - Quissett Rocks Midsummer Show 2007 - Duxbury Art Assoc., First Place-Drawing/Pastels for Old Beebe Estate Originality 2007 - CCAA, Best in Show for Emily / First Place-Pastels for Oh My God ARTIST'S STATEMENT Some thoughts: Creating art is not easy, but if blessed with a degree of talent and strong motivation, you can fly over the speed bumps that impede your way to self-discovery. Motivation and belief is critical because without it, you can think and talk, but not do. True motivation and belief in self is the critical gift that keeps you on track during the worst of storms and aids in the discovery, enjoyment and sharing of the gifts you've been given. Yes, these gifts were given not to hoard, but to share and by so doing, further drive you on this great path of discovery from the feedback received from others. This greatest discovery that I've made is that you don't really do art for yourself, it's done to be shared and you will certainly know it when you do it right. Other things: David has worked a full career as an artist which includes working as a graphic and book designer, a scientific and medical illustrator, a creative and sports photographer, a printmaker and a painter. I've always been a painter and have found that my experiments provide the foundation to better enable me to solve problems as a designer. Working in different mediums always gives new perspectives to the visual problems one is working on at the time. Working in different ways sometimes draws criticism, but so what, we are given brains to work with, to help discover and broaden our perspective and our levels of skill the better able we will be to solve problems and to discover our highest level of talent. David F. Kelley November 24, 2008 Recent Awards & Exhibitions. Highlights, Earlier Awards & Exhibitions For information, contact: dfkelley@pair.com

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