About

My work is born in the space that exists between imagination and reality. I create abstracted, often imagined interpretations of natural landscapes that have been significantly impacted by human activity and climate change. I explore the reality of the human condition and its relationship with our environment using the interplay of form, light, reflection and time.

As natural light interacts with my work, the paintings become a dynamic entity, continually altering throughout the day as time moves on, mirroring the ever changing state of our world and ourselves.

The unstatic nature of my paintings serves as a poignant reminder of the ever-shifting landscape of our planet and the fragile equilibrium we strive to maintain within it. Just as the earth undergoes tumultuous shifts, my work embodies the unstable nature of our existence. I explore themes of despair, self-reflection, longing, hope and our intricate, often fractious relationship with nature.

Water, an element beyond my direct control often decides the end result of my work and reminds us that there is a limitation to humanity's influence over our environment.

American Habitat

American Habitat is my current series of new work exploring the natural environment of the United States in its present and past forms, as it is increasingly negatively affected by late stage capitalism and climate change.

The paintings included in this series depict climate change driven extremes and the commodification of the American landscape and its transformation from one of the most environmentally diverse places on earth to one dominated by people and the systems that serve them.

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K.L. Kelly is a visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. They received a BFA from the New England School of Art and Design.

info@klkellystudio.com