Kelly Strong (801-472-3201 kstrongstudio.com): Muralist in Springville, Utah
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Muralist: Kelly Strong
Location: Springville, Utah
Travel Distance: International
Painting Murals for: 3 years
Member Since: 03/13/2008
Has Insurance: No
Total Profile Views: 1364
Mural work has always been a pleasure to create! I love transforming a big plain wall into something magical. Whether it's only a accent piece or an entire themed painting, you are left wondering if you are standing in the same space previous to the piece of art. I love to paint, and in thus take pride in my work!
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My Biography:
Artist Kelly Strong, born April 1986 spent the first ten years of her life living in a small village outside Cologne, Germany, while her father worked as a car designer. Although she was raised by American parents her childhood was deeply and genuinely German. In this setting she was introduced at a young age to different cultures and lifestyles in Europe.
The next adventure would be to move to America where drinking fountains, sprinklers, nuclear colored breakfast cereal and Superman Ice Cream were visually astonishing.
But it was not to last as they were swooped up to yet another adventure to a place far, far away, known as Australia. There she was terrified by spiders, snakes and ugly private school girl uniforms. During this time she wrote and illustrated several children's books. She also learned how to drench and mate sheep, catch chickens and check goats teeth.
After living there, She and her family moved to the Detroit. Being the home of the auto industry and Motown it was yet another cultural experience. It was at this time Kelly found herself visiting not only auto shows but also a few art galleries on a regular basis. The wheels started to spin in her head. Even though she had been to the Le Louvre in Paris, the Van Gogh Museum in Holland and the galleries in Cologne, Spain and Switzerland it was in the Detroit area where she decided to follow her inspiration to develop her skills as an artist.
She became a regular viewer of art shows at the Park West Gallery in Michigan but nothing ever stays the same and she, and her family, moved back to Australia. Having Bedouin blood coursing through her veins she left there and ventured to the Rocky Mountains where was was very successful painting upscale murals. Since then she has spent her time passionately painting while living on both upper and lower hemispheres.
Kelly's main body of work consist of surrealism and nature. Her work has been perceived as light hearted and influenced by the positive experiences of her travels.
" I have always been an artist. It may have taken me a moment to really realize that! Perhaps I thought everyone drew, painted, sculpted etc. etc. I suppose the moment I figured out that I was and artist was the moment I sat down to figure out what I was doing with my life. I asked myself what profession I could see myself going into. Quickly I realized I already was a professional! In a industry that I loved! Painting is a passion of mine and I feel blessed to have been able to start my voyage following my dreams at a young age! Being a artist is incredible feeling! The paintings I create on canvas, walls etc... are only mirror images of my dreams and of my voyage that I have chosen to create for myself in life. We have the power to create our own life! It is a beautiful thing!" - K. Strong
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My Education:
Tintern Anglican Girls Grammar School, Australia
College For Creative Studies, Fine arts & Visual
Communications - Continuing Education, Detroit
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