Ivan Kelly Fine Art
Ivan Kelly Studio-Gallery
207 East Graham St., Toledo, OR 97391
call for viewing appts. (541) 336-1124
My earliest memories from my Northern Irish homeland tell me I have always been an artist at heart. So why landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them? Surely it was a childhood spent roaming the fields, woodlands and coasts of that beautiful and diverse country. Combine that with a born desire to draw and paint and there it is. However refining my vision and skills have taken many more years and miles of canvas, countless brushes, pencils, bundles of sketchbooks and of course travel.
After emigrating to North America in 1972, I began taking my easel and paint outside where I soaked up the moods, subtleties and characteristics of differing landscapes, our Rocky mountains being a particular favorite.
I love the qualities and effects of light on my chosen subjects, be it a meadow, an ocean beach, a Teton peak or on the coat of an elk in the early dawn. My paintings are on canvas board and I use all manner of brushes and painting knives. In 1993, and opened up Ivan Kelly Signature Studio-Gallery in Toledo, Oregon.
Awarded “Signature Member” of the American Society of Marine Artists since 2000.
INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL EXHIBITS:
CURRENT: “Cape Foulweather” Oil By IVAN KELLY was accepted in the American Impressionist Society 5th Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition! “We received 2,201 images for jurying and 260 images were juried into the exhibition. The online show will be showing August thru October 8th, 2025
24th American Impressionist Society's National Juried Exhibition, Delaware, Somerville Manning Gallery in Greenville, Delaware, Aug. 2023 to September 2023 "Surf Watching", 9 x 12 oil
16th Annual American Impressionist Society National Juried Exhibition, Trailside Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
October 2015: “The Unveiling” 16 x 20 oil
American Society of Marine Artists National Public Art Museum Tour Exhibits include:
19th National ASMA Exhibition The Albany Institute of History and Art, in Albany, NY September thru December 2023. The exhibition will then travel to the Minnesota Marine Art Museum at Winona, MN where it will be exhibited thru May 2024 "Yaquina Head Looking North", 6” x 12” oil
16th National A.S.M.A. online exhibition, 2014-2015
15th National Public Art Museums Exhibit Two-Year Tour: “Sculptured by Pacific Storms” 12 x 24 oil
- Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, Delray Beach, Florida
- Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
- Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont
- Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
- The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
- Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
- Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN
- Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie
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14th A.S.M.A. National Public Art Museum Exhibit Two-Year Tour: “Cape Meares” 9 x 12” oil
- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Oxford, Maryland
- Chase Center on the Riverfront, Willimington, Delaware
- Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
- Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
- New Bedford Art Museum, Massachusetts
13th A.S.M.A. National Exhibit, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Florida "Five Preening Gulls”, 8 x 16 oil
Awarded “Top 60” 2013 Salon International at Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art in San Antonio, TX
“Pacific Dunes”, 12 x 24 oil
Mystic International, Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut
“U.S.G.C. Cowslip” 22 x 28 oil selected for following exhibits:
- Allied Artists of America, 85th National, New York, New York,”
- Coos Bay Art Museum Featured Artist for ASMA 9th NW Regional
- Pacific Maritime & Heritage Center, Newport, OR 2013 - 2014
"Wildlife Art Journal" Spring/Summer 2012 issue featured "Berry Picker" 11 x 14 oil
Juror Panel Board, Juror for NW Regional States and Canada, 2017 and 2015 Coos Maritime Art Exhibit, Coos Bay Art Museum
National Arts for the Parks", awarded into Top 200 at Jackson Hole, WY
Past Gallery Representation:
Horizon Fine Art, Jackson Hole, WY
Montana Trails, Bozeman, MT
Wade Gallery, Taos, NM
Heller Gallery, Omaha, NV
Freed Gallery, Lincoln City & Pacific City, OR
Corporate Collectors include:
McGraw-Hill, NY, NY
National Guarantee Ins. Securities, AZ
Oregon Coast Bank, OR
Public Foundations / Museums:
Pacific Heritage Maritime Museum, Newport, OR - Permanent Collection
Yaquina River Museum of Art, Toledo, OR -- Permanent Collection
