Kelly O’Leary is a self-taught visual artist, producing intimate moments in nature through her fine art B&W photography. Raised in the Midwestern U.S., she has spent a great deal of her adult life along the Georgia & Carolina coasts. Kelly views the world through a tactile lens, gravitating to organic forms and textural shifts of luminosity, line, & shadow. She is pulled by the lull of the ocean and the solace of quiet spaces where she utilizes B&W photography to remove the extraneous, developing mood & creating deeply emotive visual expressions. Her intimate compositions look beyond the obvious to isolate her subjects and thoughtfully convey a quiet stillness and a tranquil sense of place. Formally emerging in Fall 2021, Kelly has been published and exhibited internationally, in the U.S. and Europe