Kelly Pedersen grew up in rural NY and then received her B.F.A. from Syracuse University. She moved to Maryland when she married and has then lived in Stewartstown, PA the past 16 years.  She received her Master in Education from Loyola College and taught students with learning disabilities for 15 years.  She has raised three children and many pets and is now pursuing her dream of illustrating and painting.

Kelly has been inspired by her own horses, dogs and cats, and the impact they have had on her family’s lives.  In her illustrations, she hopes people feel a sense of delight and playfulness as her animals take on human qualities.  It is her desire to inspire the special relationship that pets often have with their families.   Drawing and writing helps her express the world around her in a unique perspective.

In the past year she has taken classes by local artists and has opened an Art Studio at Marketview Arts Building in York, PA.  She works on commission doing oil painting “children and pet portraits” and is getting her first children’s book published in 2016.   She is currently a member of the York Art Association and the Pennsylvania Arts Experience: partsexperience.com.  She has shown her art work at the York Art Association.

Kelly currently lives in Stewartstown on a small farm with her husband, horses, dogs, and cats.  She also enjoys having her married children and one granddaughter living close by.   Kelly can be contacted at home or in her art studio in Marketview Arts Building.