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August 23, 2018

Rediscovering your long term happiness through art, with Kellie Day

VIDEO: 6 Steps to Rediscovering Your Long Term Happiness through Art

This video and many others like it, is from my free Facebook group I’ve been talking with lots of women with a creative calling who’ve lost their long-term happiness. And here’s why… * They have been taking care of their families for so long, they have lost themselves, and […]

April 15, 2018

Kellie Day and her painting of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado

San Juan Mountains Painting Commission

This winter I was commissioned by lovely couple in town to do a large painting of the Mt. Sneffels ridge, here in our San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. When people hear I’m from Colorado they often ask me about the Denver area. The truth is, we are 6 […]

March 2, 2018

Adding Light to the World – A few photos of my new show

This week I drove to Telluride, Colorado with a car full of colorful art, to hang a new show of eight months worth of work. Here are a few photos. This exhibition is a collection of my latest works created over the last eight months. The center of this show […]

February 20, 2018

The Making of 2 Butterfly Paintings

When I get going on a painting, I often go in depth on the subject, and experience it, and sketch it, and make a bunch of progressive paintings, until finally, the big loose paintings are accomplished. Sigh. I learn so much when I tackle a subject this way. In […]

February 20, 2018

Butterfly Playground, ©Kellie Day, mixed media on canvas, 24" x 24",

Trees, Wings and Petals – A March Exhibition

Here’s the skinny on my upcoming March 1 show in Telluride, Colorado. This exhibition is a collection of my latest works created over the last eight months. I enjoy taking the full journey into exploring a subject, and using it as a mode to push my knowledge of colors, process […]

February 17, 2018

Butterflies, mixed media on canvas, 36" x 12", ©Kellie Day, Available

Butterflies and Pain

With all the difficult things happening in the world right now, I present to you something beautiful. I give to you a moment to take a reprieve, enjoy a deep breath, and relax. The school shooting hits a deep chord with this mother, and I know I need a moment. […]

January 31, 2018

midweek painting inspiration - outtakes video from Kellie Day

Midweek Inspiration – Painting Outtakes Video

Want to see a little mixed media in action? Check out this quickie, 1-minute outtakes video from the filming of my ART LIFE E-course here in Colorado. Doodling, collage, bikes, fish, and so much more! I opened my notebook this morning and realized I’ve been working on this 14-lesson class […]

January 21, 2018

1minute video walk through of kellie day's art studio

Take a Walk Through My Studio

I thought it would be fun to open my studio doors and give you a quick tour… Here’s where I make art and play in my little, mountain studio. Today it’s snowing hard and we are JAZZED for white fluffiness! If you’re interested in painting with me, but you can’t […]

January 14, 2018

Eternal Tulips, 36" x 48", mixed media on canvas ©Kellie Day

Art is Life – and how the creative process makes you face it

“If you want to Improve your Art, Improve your Life”. This quote really puts the pressure on. It’s so true. Art doesn’t lie. It is a reflection of who we are. We have to come to a very honest place with ourselves to make art, because when you are in […]

January 4, 2018

kellie day painting in her art journal on the beach in mexico

How I got Started in Mixed Media Painting

When I first realized I wanted art to be a bigger part of my life, I was a single mother with a three year old child. I saw an ad for a class in Mexico on mixed media painting that would cost me, with airfare, almost exactly what I […]

April 17, 2016

Interview with Kellie Day – Artist Stories

From the Artist Stories of Wild Apple “It’s my goal to spread beauty in the world.” The cold grey skies and smokestacks of the industrial Midwest where she grew up motivated Kellie Day to go west. “After college in Indiana, I ventured out to seek a more amazing landscape.” Kellie […]

April 17, 2014

Kellie shares her approach to letting go while painting and the rewards that she finds in doing so

The Art of Letting Go

Here’s one minute worth of extras from our day of filming with Infusion 5…. by Zach Wolfson Kellie shares her approach to letting go while painting and the rewards that she finds in doing so. Watch the full episode with Kellie on Beyond the Gallery:” http://infusion5.com/beyondthegallery/kellie-day Or on YouTube:…

April 17, 2014

Take a Peek into my Studio by Infusion 5

Take a peek into my studio and what I love about mixed media, with this 5 minute episode from Infusion 5. by Zach Wolfson in Beyond the Gallery This episode of Beyond the Gallery is made possible by Colorado Creative Industries and the National Endowment for the Arts. I’m excited to […]

April 17, 2013

"FREE", a mountain painting by Kellie Day, is in the current issue of Alpinist Magazine

Alpinist Magazine art

I love Alpinist Magazine, a super-quality climbing magazine. This issue you can see my painting, FREE, depicting Red Mountains I, II and III, here in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado! My paintings have been used in several Alpinist Magazines, and I’m always honored to be a part of this […]

April 17, 2012

Colorado artist Kellie Day creates fun-filled, quirky collages

Whimsical Mixed Media Collage by Empty Easel

BY THE EMPTY EASEL “Seductive and feminine, (Kellie’s painting) combines pin-up style flirtation with ball-busting, coy flair.” Colorado artist Kellie Day creates fun-filled, quirky collages on canvas guaranteed to make you embrace your child-like wonder and indulge in your most sensuous fantasies. Surrounded by a limitless playground of mountains, biking […]