Kelly Schamberger

Kelly Schamberger Artist Minnesota - photo by Michelle Bennett

Kelly Schamberger in her Duluth home studio, with her award-winning painting “Once Upon a Childhood” visible in the background.

Photo: Wolfskull Creative, Michelle Bennett

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.

From Duluth to The Moon!

Once Upon a Childhood by Kelly Schamberger won an award at the Art Renewal Center 16th Salon in New York and then was selected to be included in the Lunar Codex and was sent to The Moon on Odysseus!

From Kelly Schamberger: “If I had not had an expertly-done photo of this painting, it would not have won the ARC award… and would not be etched in a metal plate sitting ON THE MOON. Your ability to take such a beautiful photo of a very dark, very reflective background was absolutely critical to this extended success.” Thanks Kelly!

Great News for Kelly and Duluth

This incredible painting brought her lots of great news coverage.

Learn more about Kelly Schamberger at her website.

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Mary Duncan

Thank you so much Mitch for your wonderful photographs of the pastel and oil paintings that I bring to you, along with some of my students' work too. The quality and the care that you take to photograph everyone’s work is so much appreciated! You are a true gem!

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Steven Levin

I’m a professional oil painter working in a very classical style, and Mitch has been photographing all my work for more than 10 years. He has thought out every detail of the process and has his method down to perfection. I get perfectly focused, color balanced, large file images without a hint of glare every time. I would recommend Mitch to any artist looking for professional, high quality photos of their work.

Kevin Komadina

I have used other photographers to make archival digital images of my paintings, and while there are many photographers who can provide adequate archival digital images, none compare to the quality provided by Mitch. Mitch's ability to capture the color, brush strokes, and depth of the painting is without rival. Prints made from his digital images are exquisite. Go with Mitch, you'll never switch.

Mary Pettis

I want to give a tip of the hat to Mitch during our time of social distancing! It was comforting to know that we could follow the guidelines while still being able to document my recent work before it is delivered to its destination. Mitch met me in my car outside and, with gloves hands, carried my paintings in to be beautifully photographed. Kudos and thanks, Mitch! Mary Pettis

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Hats off to Mitch Rossow Photography for shooting my completed nocturne paintings and somehow eliminating all the surface glare.

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I am an oil painter working in the contemporary style of expressive realism. Mitch Rossow has been my photographer for a few years now, and I have nothing but glowing words to describe what it is like to work with him. His photos have captured accurately the gamut of color palettes that I use, whether the subject is an 8×10” Plein Air flower study, the subtle gradations in 30×40” sunrises over the ocean, or large 4×6’ studio paintings of Italian villages and vistas…
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I would recommend anyone who needs art photography to avail themselves of Mitch Rossow Photography. We have worked together for 10 years and in that time has photographed and catalogued all my paintings besides managing all my website duties.
He believes in quality and craft.
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For me personally his ability to hit subtle neutral tones and extremely nuanced tonal transitions make him the only choice to work with. Personally he is a courteous, punctual and easy to work with – a true professional.
Joe Paquet

Joe PaquetPlein Air Painter & Teacher

Hey Mitch, just wanted to let you know that I had that same large hats painting photographed by another photographer that you had done for me because I wanted to compare the results.
Yours is by far the better one.
The old method I had been relying on of going from transparency first and then to a scan is really pretty inferior now that I see them side by side.
Wish I’d had you photographing my works these past many years. Oh well, live and learn. Thanks!
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Steven J LevinARC Living Master

I’ve tried to photograph my own work for years, and it never worked well. I couldn’t get the painting square, neither the color nor the detail could be captured properly, and they were barely usable for my portfolio and website.
I’ve also used professional scans of my paintings. While these turned out better than my personal photographs, details were often lost, the color wasn’t always accurate, and I had issues with banding when producing prints.
I’ve used several professional photographers that specialize in art documentation, including at local museums. None have come close to capturing the amount of detail and accuracy that Mitch achieves with his photographs.
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