Skip to main content

Kelly Carmody Portrait 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
to
3
4
1
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
8
8
5
3
8
8
5
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
8
8
5
5
3
36
280
80
76
73
7
1
8
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

"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...
Category

2010s Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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 ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

"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....
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, 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 ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Related Items
Take Me Home, 12x8" oil, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
"Take me Home" by Lu Haskew Oil 19x16" framed, 12x8" image size Signed lower left A young child very apparently ready to go home from their intense yet cute look. The child is weari...
Category

Early 2000s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American School, Portrait of a Woman
Located in Astoria, NY
American School, Portrait of a Woman, Oil on Burlap, circa 1920, apparently unsigned, painted wood frame. Image: 23.5" H x 26.5" W; frame: 27.75" H x 30.75" W.
Category

1920s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

American School, Portrait of a Woman
American School, Portrait of a Woman
$850
H 27.75 in W 30.75 in D 1 in
Rebuttal
By Ryan Morse
Located in Denver, CO
Portrait in profile with blue
Category

2010s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Rebuttal
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
H 5 in W 5 in
"Reading in the Study" Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting Woman in Pink Dress
Located in New York, NY
An Early 20th Century elegant portrait oil painting by Gordon Stevenson depicting a pensive young woman seated in a serene, indoor setting wearing a l...
Category

1910s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

“North African Man, c. 1916-21” by Caleb Arnold Slade, American Portrait Oil
By Caleb Arnold Slade
Located in Yardley, PA
“North African Man, c. 1916-21” by Caleb Arnold Slade (American, 1882-1961) Inspired by Slade’s travels in Algeria and Tunisia, this remarkable portrait depicts a young man standing...
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Following?" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Following?" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto portrait of a female model ascending a staircase.
Category

2010s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Founding Father" George Washington Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic and abstract portrait of George Washington. The thick brush strokes and fun marks create an atmosphere reminiscent of the impressionists from...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Mid Century Blocking Portrait Study, Mid Century Portrait of a Woman
By Gordon Cook
Located in Soquel, CA
Blocking Study pair #1 and #2, portrait of a blonde woman, by Gordon Cook (American, 1927-1985). Circa 1960. Signed on verso "G. Cook (3) #1. unframed. Image size: 24"H x 20"W each. Bay area estate sale find. Gordon Cook was born in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington where he received his B.F.A in 1950. Cook then went on to study fundamentals and life drawing at The American Academy of Art* in Chicago. The same year he studied intaglio* printmaking with Vera Berdich at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago*. He took graduate courses and continued studying intaglio printmaking under artist Mauricio Lasansky at the State University of Iowa. In 1951, Cook moved to San Francisco. Soon after his works received the journeyman's card in International Typographical Union, Local 21. He began exhibiting his prints, drawings, and paintings at the Porpoise Gallery in San Francisco. Four years later, Cook became a charter member of the Bay Printmakers Society and exhibited in their annual exhibitions at the Oakland Art Museum for the next five years. His etchings portrayed mainly San Francisco landscapes such as the Golden Gate Park, Diamond Heights, and Lake Merced as well as flowers, especially roses. He participated in his first weekly drawing group with artist Alvin Light, Manuel Neri, Joan Brown, and William H. Brown. Cook also taught at the San Francisco Art Institute*. His etchings where exhibited in a one-man exhibition at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, in the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. At this point Cook returned to painting. Moving to Rio Vista...
Category

1960s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Romantic Spring, " Oil painting
By Suchitra Bhosle
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Romantic Spring" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a couple relaxing in dappled sun light. About the Artist: Suchitra Bhosle is an India-born artist based in California. Suchitra paints in a representational realistic style drawing inspiration from 20th century naturalist painters. She embraces impressionism to depict everyday representational scenes. Suchitra excels at capturing and expressing the mood of her subjects, often in contemplative classical settings. This lends a timeless yet intimate quality to her paintings. Though primarily a portrait and figurative painter, she has recently been painting urban and architectural subjects. Suchitra is represented in leading fine art galleries across USA including Santa Fe, Washington D.C., Carmel and Houston. Her paintings have won awards at international juried shows hosted by The Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America and American Impressionist Society.
Category

2010s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Internal Dialogue" Haute Couture Sunglasses Pop Art Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a pop art portrait of a woman in Haute Couture Chanel Sunglasses with the lettering "OMG" repeated on the right side of her face. A commentary on the social lan...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary abstract figurative oil painting of a woman on canvas Love life"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary figurative painting, titled "Love Life", depicts a woman in a dress and is created by French artist Natalya Mougenot. It is part of her “Women” series, which explor...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Early 20th Century Old Civil War Soldier Portrait of Honor
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful turn of the century oil portrait of old civil war soldier circa 1900, by an unknown artist. Soldier is depicted wearing the Medal of Honor...
Category

1890s American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Early 20th Century Old Civil War Soldier Portrait of Honor
Early 20th Century Old Civil War Soldier Portrait of Honor
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16.5 in W 12.25 in D 0.5 in
Previously Available Items
"Green book" figurative painting of woman resting with her books, patterned room
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

"Brooklyn" American Impressionist painting of woman seated at table, colorful
By Kelly Carmody
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Brooklyn" is an oil painting by contemporary painter Kelly Carmody. Painted from life, with her niece named Brooklyn posing as her model. She sits at a table, adorned with a blue sp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Kelly Carmody Portrait Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Kelly Carmody portrait paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Kelly Carmody portrait paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Kelly Carmody in canvas, fabric, linen and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the Impressionist style. Not every interior allows for large Kelly Carmody portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Warren Keating, Marc Dalessio, and Ron Hicks. Kelly Carmody portrait paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $6,200 and tops out at $6,200, while the average work can sell for $6,200.

Still Thinking About These?

All Recently Viewed