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Education                                          Centre College, B. A., 1992


Museum Exhibitions                Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS
                                                                  Hints of Gladness: the block prints of Martha Kelly, 2022

                                                                  Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
                                                                  The Saint John's Bible, 2020
                                                                   (exhibiting The Book of Common Worship as a companion illustrated text)

                                                                  Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS

                                                                  Water, Water, group exhibition, 2019

                                                                  Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
                                                                  retrospective group exhibition, 2016


                                                                  Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
                                                                  My Own Places, solo exhibition, 2015


Solo Exhibitions                          Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, TN
                                                                  September 13 to November 3, 2019
                                                                  November 7, 2014 to January 5, 2015
                                                                  August 3 to September 16, 2012
                                                                  November 1, 2011 to January 4, 2012
                                                                  January 17 to February 28, 2010
                                                                  April 28 to June 12, 2009

                                                                  Germantown Performing Arts Center, Germantown, TN

                                                                  April 1 to 29, 2015

                                                                  Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN
                                                                  March 2 to April 9, 2015

                                                                  Memphis Botanic Garden, Memphis, TN
                                                                  December 3 to 31, 2013

                                                                  ANF Architects, Memphis, TN
                                                                  November 2 to 29, 2012

                                                                  Seven Sisters Gallery, Black Mountain, NC
                                                                  December 3, 2010 to March 18, 2011

                                                                  Katharine Butler Gallery, Sarasota, FL
                                                                  November 18 to December 12, 2009

                                                                  Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN
                                                                  November 4 to 29, 2008

                                                                  Ross Gallery, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN
                                                                  August 13 to October 4, 2007

                                                                  Dyersburg State Community College, Covington, TN
                                                                  January 4 to August 11, 2005

                                                                  The Grove Grill, Memphis, TN
                                                                  Sponsored by David Lusk Gallery, 2000 and 2003

                                                                  Theater Memphis, Memphis, TN
                                                                  Sponsored by David Lusk Gallery, March 21 to April 6, 2003

                                                                  Brinkley Plaza, Memphis, TN
                                                                  Sponsored by David Lusk Gallery, April to June, 2001

                                                                  Cecilia Lin Gallery, Memphis, TN
                                                                  March 4 to May 1, 1999


Group Exhibitions                     Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, TN
                                                                  2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

                                                                  NorDys Gallery, Birmingham, AL
                                                                  November to January, 2004 & 2005

                                                                  David Lusk Gallery, Memphis TN
                                                                  2001, 2002, 2003, 2004


Illustrations/                                 "A Story of the Greensward," graphic essay, Memphis Magazine, 2021
Publications
                                                                 P is for Possum, Martha Kelly author/illustrator, 2020

                                                                 Book of Common Worship, illustrations, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A),

                                                                Westminster John Knox Press, 2018
                                                               
                                                                A Bad Woman
by James M. Cain, Chalk Line Books, 2015
                                                                Murder at the Bijou by Jim Thompson, Chalk Line Books, 2015
                                                                The Killing by Lionel White, illustrations, Chalk Line Books, 2014
                                                                The Secret Squad by David Goodis, illustrations, Chalk Line Books, 2014
                                                                Sharecropper Hell by Jim Thompson, illustrations, Chalk Line Books, 2014
                                                                Concierge Magazine, cover and illustrations, 2014 & 2015
                                                                Call To Worship magazine, illustrations, four issues, 2013
                                                                Memphis Magazine City Guide, illustrations, 2012 & 2013
                                                               "Tandem for Two," illustrations, Memphis Parent, April 2012
                                                                Journeys Through Revelation: Apocalyptic Hope for Today, illustrations
                                                                Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 2010


Professional                             Lecture, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
Engagements                                "Illuminated/Illustrated Texts, December 30, 2020
                                                                
                                                                 Artist-in-residence,
Memphis Theological Seminary
                                                       2015-2016 & 2016-1017
                                                                
                                                                 Lecture, Memphis Theological Seminary
                                                                "Art, the Female Image, and Gender Roles in the Church,"
                                                                 March 17, 2015

                                                                 Lecture, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
                                                                 "My Own Places," November 11, 2019


                                                                Artist-in-residence, 2009-2012
                                                                Idlewild Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN

                                                                Artist-in-residence, Bergama Müzesi
                                                                Bergama, Turkey, September 2010

                                                                Lecture, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
                                                                "Plein Air Painting Then and Now," December 3, 2008


Media Interviews                      Memphis on the Mark, June 2019
                                                                Tennessee Crossroads,
PBS, March 2014
                                                                WKNO fm 91.1, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
                                                                The Commercial Appeal, February 2012, Memphis, TN
                                                                Fix Magazine, September 2011, Memphis, TN
                                                                Cine 5 television, September 2010, Bergama, Turkey
                                                                Kalambaka 87.6, April 2005, Kalambaka, Greece


Collections                                    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
                                                               WKNO FM, Memphis, TN

                                                               Bergama Müzesi, Bergama, Turkey
                                                               ANF Architechts, Memphis, TN
                                                               The Williams Company, Memphis, TN
                                                               Pfizer Corporation, Memphis, TN
                                                               SunTrust, Memphis, TN
                                                               Evans & Petree Attorneys, Memphis, TN
                                                               Centre College, Danville, Kentucky









  • HOME
  • PRINTS
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    • Memphis
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    • England
    • France
    • Greece and Turkey
    • St. Louis
    • My Palette
  • OILS
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  • SKETCHES
    • Quarantine Journal
    • Memphis
    • Overton Park
    • Mr. Darcy
    • Mr. Darcy's Odyssey
    • Musicians
    • Tea
    • Dutch travelogue
    • Shakertown travelogue
    • Sketching tools
  • LITURGICAL
    • Special Bulletin Sets
    • Bulletin Line Drawings
    • "The Garden"
  • BLOG
  • ABOUT
  • SHOP