ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kerry Nelson has been an artist her entire life and has always painted and drawn horses since she was a small child. She is predominately self- taught and sold and exhibited work for many years befor attending art school. Kerry graduated from the Art Institute of Dallas with an Associate of Applied Arts in Visual Communications. She also studied art at New Mexico State University in Alamogordo, NM, at Weatherford College, TX, and also at Tarrant County Junior College in Fort Worth, TX.
Kerry has drawn and painted semi-professionally for more than 20 years, doing commissioned portraits and selling work at the occasional art fair and local street festival. Her style is highly realistic with areas of intricate detailing combined with areas of more impressionist rendering. When she talks of her work, Kerry says of her style; "I like to think my work is a blending of sharp photo-realism with the looser, more expressive impressionism, and finally stamped with my own unique character. As such, my work is more acurately discribed as stylistic-realism; a more romantic, idealized, and (sometimes) more fantastical interpretation of reality. I hope my work is better than a photograph, with less ridgidity, but, with more detail than in straight impressionism!"
Most of the work Kerry sells online is small format works under 14 inches in size. Most works offered are 2.5x3.5 " trading card size and 4x6" original oil paintings on hand-prepared birch panels. The birch used is a very thin birch plywood only 3/16 inch thick or thinner. The backs are just flat wood and have no hanging hardware because these are too thin to attach hangers to. Many OSWOA® - 4X6 and ACEO - 2.5x3.5 art collectors keep these small paintings in albums, display on miniature easels, or, frame them. If you wish to hang these, they should be framed in any standard frame without the glass. In preparing these for use, they are sanded and 3 or more coats of either gesso, or, clear matte acrylic medium are applied, then sanded between coats. This is a good stable, archival surface. It should not become brittle, at least, no more than any other artist quality painting surface. Wood supports are ideal for oil paintings and have been used by artists for centuries. Kerry started using birch panels while experimenting with differant surfaces to paint on that would conform to the OSWOA® and ACEO requirement of being flat enough to fit into a photo album sleeve. Kerry worked with various materials before finding the birch plywood; papers, matboard, sheets of canvas and linen and combinations of these mounted on board. The birch was the most perfect of these, smooth, thin, rigid, and, archival, and so far, nothing better has been found, yet! Kerry paints with artist quality Windsor & Newton and Gamblin oil paints and mediums. All work are fully signed, titled, and, dated on the backs and each is sold unframed and in protective plastic soft-sleeves.
Kerry does not enter many shows, but has managed to collect a few notable achievements including acceptance in several nationally recognized juried shows, best of show awards, and purchase awards. Achievements of note include:
*Saginaw Artists Association, first place, Apr. 2007 "WT - The Cache"
*NorthWest Artists Association, first place Mar. 2007 "WT- Narrow Escape"
*Saginaw Artists Association, first place Dec. 2006 "The Rendevous"
*Harness Racing Hall of Fame, Commissioned portrait of Horse of the Year, KA Kerry.
*Juror's Choice Award, Spring Art Competition, Lake Worth, TX for "God and the Devil".
*Watermedia Purchase Award, Mayfest, Fort Worth, TX for "Nightmare Flow"
*Best of Show, The Art Corner Gallery, 1st Annual Art in the Area Competition for "Desert Sunbather"
*International Exhibition of Fine Art, United Council of Artists, Ruidoso, NM for "Desert Sunbather" traveling juried exhibition
*Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson, TX - juried show
* Main Street Art Festival, Fort Worth, TX - juried show
At this time Kerry accepts Paypal or money orders for art sales. If you are interested in a painting or would like to discuss a commissioned work - Kerry will do just about anything on commission - please contact the artist at nelsonazle@aol.com.
Visit my OSWOA® gallery at www.oswoa.com/KerryOriginals.aspx
A member of these art groups:
The Equine Art Guild http://www.equineartists.com/?artist=KerryNelson
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