BIOGRAPHY

Canadian artist Kelly Dodge regards her inspirations and artistic talent as gifts from God and considers it a great blessing to be surrounded by this natural world of beauty and discovery. Each of her paintings has something specific to say, communicating the essence of creation in simplicity and truth. Kelly demonstrates her versatility with a wide range of pleasingly unpredictable subject matter. 
In what has been a whirlwind career as a professional artist whose first show was in 2001, Kelly has achieved much recognition internationally.

  In 2003/2004 alone she was elected to full signature membership with the Society of Animal Artists, The Pastel Society of America and The Pastel Society of Canada. She also holds signature membership with Artists for Conservation, a community of world-class artists.  Primarily painting in pastel, Dodge is perhaps best known for her ongoing focus on birds often combined inspirationally with traditional Christian hymns.

She has also garnered much popularity with a second series, pastel paintings portraying breathtaking views of the Northern Hemisphere constellations, two of which were chosen in 2007 and 2008 for the Ducks Unlimited Canada National Art Program. Dodge has had the opportunity to explore the Southern Hemisphere flora, fauna and skies in Kenya in 2005, while in the summer of 2007; Dodge expanded her horizons as the privileged accompanying artist on a month long Artists for Conservation Flag Expedition to the Indian Himalayas for the purposes of artistic field research. 

Her exhibition schedule has included such international shows as the Southeastern Wildlife Art Exhibition, Charleston,S.C., Art for the Animal Kingdom, Bennington, Vermont, Una Exposicion Para la Promocion y Conservacion, Peru, the Easton Waterfowl Festival, Easton, Md., the Buckhorn Fine Art Festival, and the Rainforest Foundation UK's Friends of the Rainforest, London, England and most recently the Art of Conservation 2008 exhibition at the Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, NJ. 

Her paintings can be found in private collections in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.