T. Byron Kelly
Poet, Painter and Musician T. Byron Kelly has been working as an active performance artist in the South Western Virginia area (Appalachia) for over two decades and has generations of family from West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia.
I paint poems and found a kind of home there. My paintings have always been rather cartoon like and fantastically oriented, a rendering of a dream if you will. I always thought (about realist art) that if you wanted a photograph then why not take a snapshot with a camera?
website: www.studioappalachia.com