I’m Kalie Graves, an oil painter living in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Overrun in a household full of boys (husband Spencer, boys Henry and Russell, Bill the dog, and Franklin the nude Sphynx) I’m living a wonderful busy life.
What’s the draw to painting you may ask? It’s a maddening profession, but I cannot stay away from it. It pulls me into a whirl of many emotions; excitement, frustration, vulnerability, satisfaction… It’s quite a silly game I play. But after setting the brush down and stepping back from the canvas, whatever emotion I’m feeling,… I’m grateful for it. It means I’m alive and doing what I want to do; creating! Of course I prefer the good feelings over the maddening ones, but that’s the path of an artist. It’s the path I’m sticking with.
Awards & Recognitions
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Third Place, Oil Painters of America Plein Air Wet Paint Competition. 2019
Acceptance into the Oil Painters of America National Juried Competition. 2019
Third Place, Oil Painters Division, Eastern Idaho State Fair Fine Art Competition. 2019
First Place, Third Place, Oil Painters Division, Eastern Idaho State Fair Fine Art Competition. 2018
First Place, Second Place, and Third Place Oil Painters Division, Eastern Idaho State Fair Fine Art Competition 2017
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Southwest Art Magazine, March/April 2020 Issue. “Artist to Watch”, Page 16
PleinAIr Magazine, November 2019 Issue, Page 92
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Utah Art Market, Sugar House Garden Center, SLC, Utah. October 9-10. 2020
RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, Texas. Oil Painters of America 29th Annual National Juried Exhibition. 2020
Hall Gallery, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Solo Exhibition. 2020
Alpine Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah. Best In Show Animal Inspired Art. 2018-2019
Illume Gallery, St. George, Utah. Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition. 2019