Charlsie Kelly Art

Charlsie Kelly exhibits her work at Gallery Teoteca in Costa Rica, but her work can also be seen locally at Sand and Glass on Cannery Row, Pacific Grove Florist, and, in her studio in Pacific Grove on Grand Avenue by appointment. She loves to work outdoors in pastel but paints primarily in watercolor. You can't keep Charlsie away from oil paint, acrylic, or any other medium for that matter. Charlsie has a studio just one door down Grand Avenue in the same building that houses the Crackpot Studios and Bijouterie. One stands in her studio awestruck at all the “mess” and the palpable creative prowess that emanates from her work and from her. She makes an apology for this “mess” in her studio, but it’s not a mess as such as it is a very complicated assembly of art supplies, paintings, artistic pieces, mobiles, jewelry, shelves of books, photos, canvases, and art supplies. In the studio, everywhere you look there’s another whimsical, colorful, bright expression of her unstoppable creative output. A work in progress, a large canvas of a big pink heart stands on an easel, typical of her positive perspective. And there’s a drafting table that holds the latest sketches of her planned work. The studio is so full of life; once you step in you get a feeling that if the art supplies could talk they would be shouting “Here she comes! Here she comes!” However, the studio is not a mess. There’s order and a very solid structure underlying all of this seeming clutter. It is all balanced and in its place in some mysterious way, much like Charlsie herself. Some framed Charlsie Kelly art can also be seen on the wall.