Kerry Stothers           Fine Art

Kerry Stothers is a professional artist and instructor who lives near Ottawa, Ontario.

 

Kerry has always been interested in portraiture. She took her first art lessons when she was twelve from Norman Brown at Jon Williams Studios in Calgary. During that time she studied the works of master portrait painters such as Vermeer and Rembrandt. Through years of such studies she became accomplished in oil portraiture. At eighteen she went to the University of Calgary and received a degree in Fine Arts with distinction.

 

In her early twenties she moved to Ottawa where she expanded her artistic horizons to include doing public art, painting murals for commercial and residential clients and working with museum display companies. Her museum work consists primarily of paintings, sculpted objects and faux environments and can be seen in museums across North America, including the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, and the Founders' Hall in Charlottetown P.E.I.

 

Although Kerry enjoys the variety of work and the new skills she's developed working in the museum industry her passion remains in portraiture. Kerry's contemporary oil portraits bring to life the physical presence of the sitter. They also convey, through the subtle use of background and lighting, the spirit, personality and emotions of the subject.

 

Kerry paints corporate portraits as well as family portraits with clients across North America. Also, she is an art instructor, teaching courses in drawing and oil and acrylic painting.

 

Kerry is a member of the Portrait Society of Canada, the Portrait Society of America, and the Ottawa Council of the Arts.

 

 

  Artist works copyright Kerry Stothers.