Kelly Mellos is an emerging representational artist, specializing in portrait and figurative work. She has studied art and art history throughout her life, but has committed to training professionally over the last two years, through intensive studies at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art and Watts Atelier in Encinitas, CA.  Kelly has traveled extensively and has been artistically inspired through her personal journeys in China, Thailand, Greece, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, England, Costa Rica, Nova Scotia, Mexico and beyond.  She has a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and International Business from UW-Madison, an MBA from SDSU, and thirteen years of marketing and development experience with the San Diego Symphony, Arts Center Foundation, and motivational speaker Tony Robbins. Kelly is a Board Member of the San Diego Fine Art Society, an Associate Artist Member of the California Art Club, a member of Oil Painters of Americas and a volunteer for the San Diego Visual Arts Network.