This year ’ s featured artist Kelly Pennington creates original oil paintings inspired by rural Oklahoma . Kelly sets up her easel on location and paints directly from life . However , when a subject is hard to catch or the weather isn ’ t cooperative she prefers to paint indoors . Kelly ’ s subjects are inspired by nature in a representational style . Her painterly brushstrokes and expressive colors are from the energy she feels . “ I hope to remind you of simple beauty in our world . It ’ s heartwarming when a collector connects to a painting that they understand .” Kelly grew up in Ada , OK and is an award winning artist well known for her plein air painting .
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