Kelly (Graves) Milukas

(MI 1965- living RI)

"Many things inspire me to paint.  Travel, the surroundings of the place I live,  a passion for food, and humor found in animals, spark my creative vision.  The light, texture and repetition of patterns in the land, and city streets, the taste and the smell of local markets, they are the core of my art.   My goal is to infuse my personal experience on paper, to create the memory and  the visual space to exist in. "

Milukas is a fine artist working in both pastels and watercolors.
She studied at University of Southern Maine and earned a BA in Arts with a concentration in sculpture.  Primarily a studio painter she also works "Plein air".
Her extensive travel experiences throughout Maine and New England, Europe, the South Pacific, Asia and the Caribbean, provide her with much of her creative inspiration, which is expressed in her vibrant seascapes and landscapes, rural town scenes, and studies  of markets filled with indigenous foods and local color.