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November Issue 2005

Cameo Fine Art Gallery in Columbia, SC, Offers Works by Leanne Kelley-Badeaux

Cameo Fine Art Gallery, located in the Congaree Vista of Columbia, SC, is proud to present Beautiful Women, featuring works by Leanne Kelley-Badeaux. The exhibition will be Cameo's offering for the "2005 Vista Lights", opening on Nov. 17 and continuing through Dec. 2, 2005.

Kelley-Badeaux graduated from Columbia College with a BA in Studio Art. She has been a free lance artist since 1998 focusing on functional art (i.e. hand painted accessories, jewelry, ladies hand bags and furniture) which convey the most original and unusual gift ideas. Kelley-Badeaux has participated in numerous exhibits and shows throughout the state. She resides in Columbia with her husband, cat and Chihuahua.

Kelley-Badeaux grew up knowing she wanted to become an artist. Her imagination and wonderment of art shined through even as a child. Her inspiration, even then, was looking at the beautiful colors, brush strokes and ideas portrayed in paintings by artist world wide. Kelley-Badeaux enjoys seeing the reaction of spectators as they view her body of work.

In addition to the hand painted accessories, Kelley-Badeaux has been experimenting with disparate surfaces and textures and hues to capture a fantasy like aura of her subjects and/or objects in her paintings. As she experimented with these images, she began to feel they represented stages and transitions in her own life.

Kelley-Badeaux's latest collection of art focuses on the strong presence of women. All of her subjects have bright, ruby red lips, pale skin and expressive eyes. In many of her works she has included animals sitting beside or being held by her subjects. The beautiful contrasts and colors of her paintings illustrate the great imagination of the artist.

The collection of art displayed during the "Vista Lights" are mixed media (pastels, charcoal, ink and watercolor on paper). Mixed media is using, involving or encompassing several medias on one piece of art. Kelley-Badeaux's work is best known for simple lines that produce thoughtful, whimsical images usually idealistic of woman and animals. Her work is sensitive to color and composition which is shaped by her close relationship with woman and her love of animals.

For more info check our SC Commercial Gallery listings or call 803/799-8869.

 


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