Participating Artists

Kelly Reyna

Biography / Artist Statement

Kelly J. Reyna is a professional artist who specializes in oil paintings, portrait work, and murals. Born and raised in West Texas, Kelly grew up admiring the works of Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe, and the Old Masters. Like O’Keeffe and Kahlo, Kelly is inspired by the harsh realities of our surrounding landscape and history, taking notes
of color palette and texture and weaving them into meaningful visual portraits and florals. Adding to that, Kelly indulges in hinting at the power of the female archetype and iconographic symbolism that opens the pathways to myth and folklore. Because, like a good myth, a painting can inspire hope in the darkest of times, and it can
remind us to dream just a little more vividly.

Kelly has earned her BFA and MFA from Texas Tech University and is a Professor of Art at Lubbock Christian University. Her paintings can be found in numerous venues in Lubbock, Texas, such as La Diosa Cellars, Charles Adams Gallery, LHUCA Gift Shop, Picoso’s Mexican Kitchen, Mano Negra Brewery, Cotton Court’s Midnight
Shift, and Lubbock National Bank. Kelly recently completed a large-scale Centennial Mural for the city of Morton, Texas.