Kelly Milukas
About Kelly
Kelly began as a sculptor and has expanded her art making to numerous media and projects. Her portfolio of work includes painting, pastel, photography, encaustic and cast resin sculpture. As of 2010 her art making has taken on projects at the juncture of creativity and science. This body of work contains her nationally solo exhibited “Keys to the Cures” series and focuses on how art can facilitate the individual stories within science and medicine.
Kelly’s artwork can be found in museums, private and corporate collections, such as The Boston Group, Intarcia Therapeutics and Simpson Healthcare. Kelly is a Core Artist Instructor for R&F Paints, and frequently serves as artist-in-residence for Scientific Institutes, Design Labs, and facilitates cross-disciplinary programs in expression through her Imagination Collaboration® projects. Kelly studied fine art sculpture at the University of Southern Maine. Kelly’s story and artwork have been featured in many publications including New England Home, ArtScope Magazine, Newport Life Magazine, and The Pastel Journal.
Kelly is active in her home state of Rhode Island having served on the executive board and as President of the Providence Art Club. She participates in the South Coast Artists Open Studio Tour as a founding member, and President Emerita. She teaches internationally, and nationally with art retreats, workshops, classes and lives in Tiverton, Rhode Island with her daughter Ava who shares her creative passion. Ava authors stories, and is an active, teen social rights advocate.
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Class Details
Pastel Primer: “Before” Bonding with Encaustic
Learn the basic properties of dry pigment Pastel’s. Understand the many makers of Pastel‘s, the quality differences, and uses for each.
See a swatching demonstration with 20+ Pastel Paints onto card paper and onto grit sanded Pastel paper.
Learn about the many pastel paper substrates, that when mounted appropriately, are compatible with encaustic.
Introduced the next step for applying fixative to the painted surfaces, locking in the paint on the surface before the wet media of Encaustic is layered within.
