Paul Kelley (Born in 1955) is a Nova Scotia artist whose Nova Scotia art and figurative paintings are collected by corporations and individuals throughout Canada and the world. He hopes that throughout his career he’s been able to please as many people as possible with his paintings, and that his figurative art has been for the most part pleasurable for people who understand that the qualities of corporeal beauty that he instills in this art subject are just that. He took his studies at Mount Allison University in Sackville. His quiet lifestyle contradicts his acute sense of the elements of sensuous allure and fundamental beauty. He’s always regarded this work as merriment of the female form and commentary on women's commanding diagrammatic presence in the world, further to their intellect and humanity. His major exhibitions include those at Cornwell Gallery, Calgary, Alberta Toronto, Gallery Moos, Toronto, Roberts Gallery, Toronto, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Nova Scotia, Gallery 1667, Halifax, and Shell Atlantic, just to name a few. He believes that it is important to appreciate attractiveness/beauty as an end in itself. He says it is as simple as being able to regard and stop the attractiveness/beauty of sunrise before a hectic day, but as complex as trying to overcome the preconditioning to desire to see more than can be seen. Metaphor and allegory exist in his artwork, but the grace and beauty of the female form in his art is intended to convey just that. His art, especially the framed Paul Kelley art is a labor of love and each of his realistic painting is the result of 100s of hours of work.