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Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

American, b. 1977
Kelly Carmody | 1977 | Topsfield, Massachusetts Kelly Carmody has exhibited at venues including the Portrait Society of America and the Art Students League. Most recently, she was selected for the 2015 BP Portrait Award Show at the National Portrait Gallery in London and the 2016 Outwin Boochever Award at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. In addition, the historic Guild of Boston Artists elected her to become a member in 2015, she won the Edmund C. Tarbell Award in her first juried members show. The winning portrait is on the cover of July/August edition of Fine Art Connoisseur. In June of 2015 she received the Blanche E. Colman Award. She was invited to exhibit in the 2016 American Masters show at the Salmagundi Club. She currently has work at the The Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY, Sloane Merrill Gallery in Boston, the Guild of Boston Artists, and the Ann Long Gallery in Charleston, SC. Publications that have featured her work include American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur, International Artist Magazine, Fine Art Today, Southwest Art, Studio Visit Magazine, Boston Magazine, and The Boston Globe. Carmody has won grants from the Ludwig Foundation, Turkey Land Cove Foundation, and Massachusetts Cultural Council, as well as receiving an Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant and the Walter Feldman Grant. In 2014 she won 3rd place in the Portrait Society’s International Portrait Competition. Carmody attended Massachusetts College of Art and furthered her studies at the Art Students League and in the studio of Numael Pulido. She paints and teaches in her Waltham, MA studio. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 Sloane Merrill Gallery, Boston MA 2015 Walter Feldman Gallery, Kelly Carmody: Deeper Sense, Boston, MA Sloane Merrill Gallery, Kelly Carmody: Evocations, Boston MA 2006 Newton Free Library, Portraits in Oil, Newton, MA 2005 Stel’s, Fashionably Late: Oil Portraits by Kelly Carmody, Boston, MA HONORS AND AWARDS 2019 Newcomb Award for Traditional Painting , Rockport Art Assocation 2018 Charles Movali Award for Excellence in Painting awarded by the Guild of Boston Artists 2015 Colman Blanche Award Edmund C. Tarbell Award, The Guild of Boston Artists Finalist for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Finalist for the BP Portait Award 2014 3rd Place, The Art of the Portrait International Portrait Competition 2013 Finalist, Figurative Painting Competition, Art Renewal Center 2012 Finalist, Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant for Painting 2010 Merit Scholarship, Art Students League 2008 Finalist, Figurative Painting Competition, Art Renewal Center Emerging Artist Award, Annual New England Representational Competition,Guild Of Boston Artists 2007 Best of Show, RED, Cambridge Art Association Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine, 24th Annual Art Competition, Portraits and Figure GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES 2015 Walter Feldman Emerging Artist Grant 2014 Turkey Land Cove Foundation, Artist in Residence Walter Feldman Fellowship 2012 The Wassaic Project, Artist in Residence 2011 Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant (2 months travel to Europe) 2010 Jean Gates Foundation Grant 2008 Welcome Hill Studios, Artist in Residence Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant
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Artist: Kelly Carmody
"Orange Chair" figurative painting of woman seated in a bright colorful interior
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a woman at rest in her colorful room. Signed "Carmody" lower right. Kelly Carmody (b. 1977, Massachusetts) Rooted in realism, Carmody’s compositions start very...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Patterns" portrait of a woman, in maximalist room, colorful eclectic design
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Kelly Carmody (b. 1977, Massachusetts) Rooted in realism, Carmody’s compositions start very traditional in subject and composition; however, she further transforms her skilled hand b...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

"Book club" oil painting on paper, woman reading book in living room, framed
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Kelly Carmody (b. 1977, Massachusetts) Rooted in realism, Carmody’s compositions start very traditional in subject and composition; however, she further transforms her skilled hand b...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

"Journaling" figurative oil painting of a woman writing in notebook, green, pink
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Kelly Carmody (b. 1977, Massachusetts) Rooted in realism, Carmody’s compositions start very traditional in subject and composition; however, she further transforms her skilled hand b...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

"Book Rest" oil painting seated woman with a book on lap colorful modern framed
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Contemporary American painter, Kelly Carmody. A woman, seated in a yellow room, wears a patterned dress and holds a book, turned down, onto her lap. She rests her ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

"Reading" contemporary oil painting of woman with book, painterly stylized
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Reading" is a painterly contemporary oil painting of woman with a book. A timeless image. Framed in a simple, modern floating frame. Kelly Carmody has exhibited at venues including the Portrait Society of America and the Art Students League. Most recently, she was selected for the 2015 BP Portrait Award Show at the National Portrait Gallery in London and the 2016 Outwin Boochever Award at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. In addition, the historic Guild of Boston Artists...
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2010s Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

"View from the Dock on Cedar Ave" Oil painting, impressionistic seascape w boats
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“View from the Dock on Cedar Ave” is a seascape by Kelly Carmody. It is an oil on linen painting. It depicts the view of sailboats in Dering Harbor, on Shelter Island, as seen from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

"Interior" painting of woman, seated in a colorful patterned room with flowers
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Interior" by Kelly Carmody is an impressionist oil painting on linen that is one of three iterations the artist made of this scene. In this process, the artist started with an oil p...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Pink, Portrait" Oil painting - colorful portrait of woman, fauvist highlights
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Pink Portrait" is an oil painting by Contemporary painter Kelly Carmody. A woman is seated at a table, with her arms folded at ease. A plate of fruit rests beside an empty plate wit...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Orange Dog" American Modern oil painting of man sitting with two dogs
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Orange Dog" is an American Modern oil painting of a man sitting with two dogs. Massachusetts. Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figura...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Summer Tub" oil painting, impressionist interior of classic claw-foot bathtub
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a washroom, soaked in pale yellow hues. A horizontal mirror hangs on the wall above the tub, abstractly reflecting the artist and the back of her easel. Framed i...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Morning Notes" oil painting - figurative composition, woman writing in journal
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Kelly Carmody - of a seated woman writing notes in a journal. Framed in a simple .25 inch floating frame in maple wood. Framed dimensions: 21 x 25 inches, framed....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Head of the table" figurative oil painting woman seated at dining table, framed
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting on paper - framed and matted. Optional Plexiglass included. 17 x 13 inches, framed Kelly Carmody (b. 1977, Massachusetts) Rooted in realism, Carmody’s compositions ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

"Long Distance" Post Modern oil painting, two people talking on computer
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Long Distance" is a post modern oil on canvas painting. It depicts two people talking on a computer. A "self-portrait of a long distance relationship". Frame Dimensions 33 x 25in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Yellow Sweater" Oil painting of woman at ease in studio, with plate of peaches
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by American Realist painter, Kelly Carmody. Framed in a simple white-washed wood floating frame, .25 inches wide. Framed dimensions: 20.25 x 24.25 inches Kelly Ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Self Portrait" oil painting, colorful Post Modern depiction of Kelly Carmody
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Self Portrait" is an oil on canvas painting depicting the artist Kelly Carmody. Carmody confidently embraces color in “Self Portrait”. Loose brushstrokes and thick black outlines re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Kelly Carmody Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Linen

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Sunny Morning
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Sunny Morning
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"3 Ladies" contemporary figurative painting, traditional interior with patterns
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At the Bar
By Kelly Carmody
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A moody impressionist painting showing a man sitting at a dimly lit bar. The man takes up most of the right side of the composition, siting at a round table. O...
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At the Bar
At the Bar
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Dancing for Days
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A painting of dancers in a large ballroom. The pallet of this painting is subdued, painted in shades of blue grey, mauve, and ocher. Heavy dark drapes surrounding dark windows in the...
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Bolt of Blue
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A painting showing two women in a blue interior scene. The room the women stand in has two windows, a lamp and a mirror. The woman in the striped white and yellow dress is helping th...
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Bolt of Blue
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