Danelle Kelly Art

Do you enjoy nature, outdoor adventures, and art? This channel offers artistic inspiration, and plenty of interesting facts about our unique life on an island in the Tongass National Forest of Southeast Alaska. Bonus: You'll also see a lot of my three border collies, all who have trained and worked in search and rescue. Their most important role is as my artist muses and best friends, however.

I earned a BFA in painting from Oregon State University in 1987, and attended Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, Scotland for one year. I've held solo gallery shows and have had artwork included in other exhibits. I've also won two People's Choice awards, and have painted many commissioned pet portraits. I've been an oil painter for about 40 years, but on this channel, I've been exploring watercolor and acrylic gouache landscape painting.

I also am a fire department volunteer and a newspaper reporter, and mom to three grown-up kids.