Kristy McNelly • Texas • waow
| Country Life | Horses | Nature | Trees | Family | Food | Dogs | Lake Life | Family |
"It is that love for nature and animals that is still carried into her work today as an oil painting artist.”
Women Artists of the West, Associate
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Kristy McNelly
Born on a farm in Fremont, Michigan, Kristy McNelly’s early days were spent riding horses and playing in the woods along the creek. Art has been a long pastime since childhood. It is that love for nature and animals that is still carried into her work today as an oil painting artist. An active volunteer and director of the AgriCultural Museum and Arts Center in Boerne, Texas. Since 2002, Kristy has been enjoying putting on events and antique tractor pulls. Kristy can also be seen on back roads around Texas driving her seafoam green antique 1950 Ford Truck called “Seabiscuit”.
Kristy graduated from Michigan State University with both an art and geography degree before moving to Bergheim, Texas where she resides on a ranchette with her husband, Chuck. Kristy invented and patented a urethane plastic horseshoe called Ground Control Horseshoes in 1999, which she sells worldwide. As a graphic designer, Kristy has owned her own business, Polonyx, for over three decades. All through the years, Kristy has continued to oil paint, showing and selling her art and taking art workshops to further her skills. She is a member of Oil Painters of America, Cowgirl Artists of America, American Impressionist Society, Boerne Visual Artists, and American Women Artists, American Plains Artists, and Key West Art Center & Gallery.
Women Artists of the West
