Artist Bio

Working primarily in oil paint, Kelcey Loomer creates narrative, color-driven paintings that explore memory, belonging, and the solace of the natural world. Her practice is informed by printmaking, which she often incorporates into her painting process. Her work is rooted in a lifelong love of storytelling, color, and the places that have shaped her.

Kelcey’s connection to nature began in her New Hampshire childhood, where she found a sense of home in the forest behind her house. She grew up without a television, spending much of her time immersed in books and in the woods, two forms of refuge that continue to influence her paintings. The imagined worlds of picture books and novels, along with the forests and landscapes of her own life, have shaped her enduring interest in stories, memory, and the feeling of belonging somewhere.

Growing up in a family of artists, with a potter mother and an English teacher/poet father, Kelcey’s creative life was nurtured from an early age. She studied at Warren Wilson College, earning a degree in integrated studies with a focus on “sense of place,” a concept that continues to be an important conversation in her work. In 2024 she spent a year studying with London’s Royal Drawing School in their online drawing year program, further expanding her approach to drawing, observation, and visual storytelling.