Kelli Folsom • Connecticut • waow
| Oil Paintings | Landscape | Interiors | Floral | Still Life |
"I believe in beauty. I hope that my paintings open you up to a whole new appreciation for your world."
Women Artists of the West, Associate
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Kelli Folsom
Kelli Folsom is an award-winning contemporary artist best known for her oil paintings of still life scenes and landscapes, created directly from life with a classical, painterly sensibility. Her style blends traditional techniques influenced by the Old Masters and American impressionists, emphasizing rich color, dramatic light and expressive brushwork.
Every still life arrangement is set up in her north light studio and painted directly from life in one or two sittings. Folsom chooses objects and arrangements to create an aesthetically beautiful design combined with a feeling of abundance and intimacy. She paints directly so that her relationship to the subject is heightened in the moment in order to pass on that perception and experience to the viewer. Her methods result in a painting that looks like a painting and not a photograph.
Folsom earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Her work has been featured in Fine Art Connoisseur and Southwest Art Magazine.
Women Artists of the West
