Kelly Schamberger & her family rented a trailer and hauled this incredible 4-foot square painting all the way from Duluth to have me photograph it! Ok, they then took the painting to the Minnesota State Fair and I was on the way. Congratulations Kelly for getting accepted to the prestigious 2021 Minnesota State Fair Art Competition!

Kelly Schamberger  is an award-winning fine artist, representational oil painter, and art instructor working in genres of still life, landscape, figurative, portraiture, and imaginative drawings and paintings. She earned a bachelor’s degree in art from the University of Wisconsin – River Falls, continued her education in arts management at St. Mary’s University in Minneapolis, studied graphic design and illustration at Boise State University, and then worked in digital marketing and freelance graphic design.

She transitioned to a fine art career through a 4-year classical drawing and painting apprenticeship with Jeffrey T. Larson and Brock Larson at the Great Lakes Academy of Fine Art in Duluth, Minnesota, and has studied with additional masters in anatomy, form, and landscape. Schamberger has been the recipient of numerous awards, including Best of Show, Beauty of Oil, invitational and juried exhibitions, competitive grants, and work in solo and group exhibitions. She is a member of the Outdoor Painters of Minnesota and Duluth Art Institute, and prides herself in being a mom to a beautiful 8-year-old, wife to an amazing husband, faithful Christian, and sister in the addiction recovery community. She works from a home studio space in Duluth, Minnesota, and has work in private collections throughout the United States.

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