Some art completes a room.
Some art defines its atmosphere.
I paint light -- not as a technical subject, but as an emotional experience.
In every canvas, I am searching for the same thing I have been searching for since I was a seven-year-old girl drawing in the margins of my notebook in Montevideo, Uruguay; The feeling that beauty is real. That it endures. That it is worth paying attention to.
I came to the United States as an immigrant child with no English and no certainty -- only the familiar comfort of a pencil and paper. I have survived displacement, reinvention, grief, and loss. And through all of it, I have kept painting. Because light always finds a way through.
THE THREE WORLDS OF LIGHT
Three Ways Light Speaks
Every painting I create lives inside one of these three experiences
For the part of you that needs to be still.
WORLD ONE -- WATER LIGHT
These paintings were born from the Luminist tradition -- the quiet, radiant American landscapes where light settles across water like a held breath. They are not paintings of places. They are paintings of feelings -- of calm, of space, of the particular peace that comes when you stop moving and simply look.
Bring one into your home and notice what it does to a room.
WORLD TWO -- COLOR VIBRATION
These optical paintings do not sit quietly on a wall. They move. They pulse. They shift as you move around them . Rooted in the perceptual investigations of Josef Albers and Carlos Cruz-Diez, they turn seeing into an active, physical experience.
You don't observe these paintings. You participate in them.
For the part of you that wants to feel fully alive
SOLO EXHIBITION, ATLANTA
Simultaneous Contrast Stars
2021
Acrylic silkscreen on 100% silk charmeuse
36 × 54 in.
Exhibited at Trois Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Atlanta, Georgia, 2021.
COLOR GAMESMANSHIP, ATLANTA
Subtraction Circle One
2021
Acrylic water-soluble inks on canvas
20 × 26.6 in.
Exhibited at Trois Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Atlanta, Georgia, 2021.
STUDIO VIEW #2
Chromaind twenty-five, 2021, acrylic gouache paints on canvas, 24 × 36 in.
Exhibited at Trois Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Atlanta, Georgia, 2021.
STUDIO VIEW #3
Marsh Sunset, 2024, oil on canvas, 11 × 14 in.
Exhibited in Roswell, GA
WORLD THREE -- GOLDEN ATMOSPHERE
For the part of you that still believes in hope
There are moments -- a dusk, a dawn- in the space between ordinary and extraordinary - when light becomes something more than light. It becomes memory. It becomes grace. These paintings live in those moments. They were painted by someone who has needed hope deeply, and found it, again and again, in the act of looking carefully at the world.
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THE ARTIST SNAPSHOT
I am Rossi Kelton
Immigrant. Fine Artist. MFA. Dreamer. Widow. Painter of Light
I was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and came to the United States at twelve years old with nothing but a family, a suitcase, and a deep need to draw.
I went on to study Biology, earn an MS and an MBA, and build a life that looked nothing like my childhood notebooks. Then, during the stillness of the pandemic, I returned to painting -- completely, irrevocably, and with everything I had
I completed my MFA in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design and founded this gallery as a space where art tells real stories.
After losing my husband to cancer, I committed to donating a portion of every sale to cancer research - because every painting should carry not only beauty, but purpose. I paint from my home studio in Atlanta, Georgia. One canvas at a time. With everything I have.
FEATURED WORKS
Paintings Looking for Their Home
Each work is original, one-of-a-kind, and painted with complete intentionality
WINTER GLOW
2025 , Gouache on paper, 8.5 in. x 11 in.
Exhibited at "Art of Possibilities" show in Minneapolis, MN, 2026.
"The moment before the light disappears - and you realize you were holding your breath"
SAILING SERENITY
2024 , Oil on paper, 9 in. x 12 in.
Exhibited at "Art of Possibilities" show in Minneapolis, MN, 2025.
"The moment before the light disappears - and you realize you were holding your breath"
CHROMAIND NINE
2024 , Acrylic on metal, 30 in. x 30 in.
Exhibited at solo show "Color Gamensmanship" at Trois Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design
"The moment before the light disappears - and you realize you were holding your breath"
ATACAMA SALT LAKE AND THREE FLAMINGOES
2015 , Oil on canvas, 24 in. x 36 in.
Exhibited at Roswell East Library
"The moment before the light disappears - and you realize you were holding your breath"
BLUENOSE II: CANADIAN RACING SCHOONER
2025, Oil on canvas, 18 in. x 24 in.
Exhibited at Roswell East Library
"The moment before the light disappears - and you realize you were holding your breath"
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COLOR ADDITION NINETEEN
2021, Acrylic on metal, 26.7 in. x 30.1 in.
Exhibited at Roswell East Library
"The moment before the light disappears - and you realize you were holding your breath"
Every painting carries a purpose
After losing my husband to cancer, I made a commitment:
A portion of every artwork sale is donated to cancer research.
When you bring one of my paintings into your home, you are not simply collecting art. You are carrying forward the memory of someone deeply loved. You are contributing to research that may one day save someone else's person.
Beauty and purpose are not separate things.
In my work, they are the same thing.
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Eco-Conscious Studio
Non-toxic materials, sustainable canvases, earth-safe pigments
Cancer Research Donor
A portion of every sale supports cancer research
MFA Fine Artist
Graduate of SCAD's MFA in Painting program
Original Works Only
Every painting is a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted original
I paint because light always finds a way through. I hope my work helps you find yours.
--Rossi Kelton, Atlanta, Georgia
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