Kelly Mellos is an emerging representational artist, specializing in portrait and figurative work. She has studied art and art history throughout her life, and has committed to training professionally over the last three years, after a course of events led her back to pursuing her childhood passion as a career.  She has traveled extensively and has been artistically inspired through her personal journeys around the world.  She has a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, with minors in German and International Business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master’s degree in Marketing from San Diego State University, and thirteen years of marketing and development experience with the San Diego Symphony, Arts Center Foundation, and motivational speaker Tony Robbins. Kelly is an Associate Artist Member of the California Art Club, a member of Oil Painters of America, a member of the Portrait Society of America and a volunteer for the San Diego Visual Arts Network.

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