Paula Kelly

"NiGHT LiGHT" Nocturnal landscapes: The scene before you transforms over time, with long exposures. Results take one to another world. Elements become more visible as star trails emerge, fog builds or lighting introduced by me, alters the scene.

I create atmospheric images that fluidly move from the literal to the metaphorical. I always strive to go beyond simply reveling in what's before me.

I'm inspired by Rene Magritte, Edward Hopper, Vincent Van Gogh- among many others.

Photographs are shot onto 2.25" film, using vintage and toy medium-format cameras, with exposures for up to 8 hours.
(Print sizes from this series range from 6" to 36", for $500. to $3,000.)

State University of New York, at Purchase (Design/Photo).
Basel School of Design (Yale Summer Intensive)
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY (Liberal Arts)
(Parsons, SVA, Cooper Union, ICP: individual classes)

9.16-10.3.25- Salmagundi Club, 5th Av, NYC 'Florals- Annual Exhibit'
9.11-22.25- Depot Art Gallery, Montauk, NY, 'All We See'
7.24-8.10.25- Water Mill Museum, WaterMill, NY, 'Chasing the Light',
6.27.25- Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY, 'The Visual Space'
6.6-7.17.25- A. Smith Gallery, 'Water'
3.14-4.24.25- A. Smith Gallery, 'Botanical'
2.6-28.25- Upstream Gallery, Hastings NY, 'Anaphora'
1-2.25- Salmagundi Club, NY, NY, 'Into the Night: Nocturne'
11-12.24- Salmagundi Club, NY, NY, 'Florals'
9-10.23- Moshava Gallery, NY, NY, Village Trip ’Identity’
8-11.24- Upstairs Gallery, Cutchogue, NY- 'Picture Driven'
9-10.23- Moshava Gallery, NY, NY, Village Trip ’Portraits’
7-8.23- Jayne Mann, ‘Flora'
8-9.23- Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY, 'Something Blue’
9-10.22- Moshava Gallery, NY, NY, Village Trip ’Scenes'
11.21- Garrison Art Center- Small Works “Hidden in Plain Sight'
2.20- Garrison Art Center- Photocentric
10/19- Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY. “Recycled” group show.
7/17- Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Av, NY, NY
6/17- Delaware Valley Artists Assoc, Narrowsburg, NY
7/16- Delaware Valley Artists Assoc, Narrowsburg, NY
8/15- Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Av, NY, NY
9/15- Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY. Photocentric
8/14- Salmagundi Club, ...