entirely new colors. It’s a technique that now finds its way into all of Berkey’s paintings. “Most often, my paintings have blue in them. It’s my color,” she explains. “I’m an Aquarius, a water baby, and blue is my color. It shows up a lot in my work. Each painting, when you create your own color, it generally can’t ever be duplicated, so that makes it extremely unique.” As for her relatively newfound recognition — well, Berkey is still getting used to that. “It’s surreal, but I would do this regardless,” Berkey says. “If I were in a basement, and no one would ever see my work, I would still paint. Still, every time someone buys a painting, or every time I hear from an agent who lets me know that a big-box store wants 4,000 copies of one of my paintings of a silo, I just have to pinch myself. I never expected any of that. I just did my work and put it on social media. I’m honored anyone would think of me that way. I’m not used to that yet.” None of it matters, Berkey adds, as long as her paintings speak to the people who see them. “I want people to stop and look at my painting, and feel something,” she says. “That’s always been the goal.” Kelly Berkey Fine Art can be found online at www.kellyberkey.com. ^
“I want people to stop and look at my painting, and feel something,”
Top Right : Kelly speaks of the passion she has for human beauty, which she transfers onto canvas. Top Left: Kelly poses in her studio on a cozy day bed in her studio, which leans comfort to quiet moments of inspiration. Bottom: Kelly’s work lines the open wall of her kitchen with the rooster clearly the head of the roost.
VINTAGEKCMAG.COM 7
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online