Scott Kelley creates tour-de-force works on paper in watercolor, gouache, and ink that explore in great detail and fascination the exquisite wonders of the natural world in concert with his love of history and storytelling. He has lived on an island off the coast of Maine for years and "finally decided to make paintings about it." Kelley's latest works depict "island kids" as part of a larger imagined narrative, reflecting his knowledge of maritime legends, research on the history of whaling, and island lore.

Kelley attended The Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, England, and received his B.F.A. from The Cooper Union, New York, NY, with post-graduate studies at The Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. His work has been shown at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, where his work is in the permanent collection and in more than thirty-five solo exhibitions in galleries throughout the United States. He has been an artist in-residence at The Edward Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY, and through The National Science Foundation, Antarctic Artists and Writers Program ac Palmer Station, Antarctica. He lives and works on Peaks Island, Maine.