Laughing Horse Studio

Monday, August 14, 2017

A Sampling of My Work/Teaching

This is a sampling of the work I have done over the years.

In addition, there are photos of projects my students have completed.

Colored Pencil

Acrylic

Mixed Media

Project with my 2nd grade class

Second Grade Flowers

My elementary classroom door

Acrylic

Mixed media

Mixed Media Journal Cover

Acrylic

Mixed Media

Colored Pencil

Mixed Media

Tempera

Oil Pastel

Mixed Media

Oil Pastel

Marker

Acrylic

Mixed Media

The following are photos of artwork completed by my students while teaching at the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond - Edmond, Oklahoma. In addition to teaching third and fourth grade art in Edmond Public Schools through the Fine Arts Institute, I taught a variety of classes on site at FAI.

This is the example that I created for a project with my students.

Teacher example

Other examples of my elementary art projects can be seen at artwithmsthomas.blogspot.com

Saturday, January 10, 2015

St. Luke's United Methodist Painting Class

Starting on Wednesday, I will be teaching a one hour painting class for St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Edmond. We will be painting simple 8" x 10" paintings. Our first project is going to be a flower detail. This is my version.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Abstract Guitar

My latest painting - 24" x 30" Acrylic - Abstract Guitar - $300

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Wooden Cross with Leather and Metal Details

This wooden cross is embellished with a leather belt, old metal pieces, and barbed wire. - $30.00

Black Cross with Turquoise Knob Detail

This 18" x 12" wooden cross is painted a distressed black and adorned with an ornate turquoise knob.

$30.00

Wooden Cross with Metal and Leather Embellishments

This 22" x 14" Cross has a metal and leather flower in the center.

$30.00

Artist Bio

Kelli Thomas

Artist Bio

2017

Green River, Wyoming

Born and raised in Oklahoma, Kelli Thomas was always artistic. Drawing and creating from an early age, she spent hours in her own creative world. Enrolling in a junior high art class in 1978 and continuing art classes through high school gave Kelli a foundation of art skills that she continues to use today.

Teaching elementary education was the primary career for Kelli for seventeen years. However, the creative expression has continued. Kelli paints, draws, creates unique mixed media pieces, and repurposes discarded items, breathing new life into them. Her other passions include photography and writing. After a brief stint as a tour guide at Alabaster Caverns in the summer of 2013, Kelli realized a need for a children’s book about the caverns. So, she wrote one. It is to be published in 2014 by the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and will be available at Alabaster Caverns.

Experience

Elementary Art Teacher - Sweetwater County District #1, Rock Springs, Wyoming

High School and Elementary Art Teacher - Mansfield Public Schools, Mansfield Arkansas 2015-2017

3rd and 4th Grade Art Teacher in Edmond Public Schools, Edmond, Oklahoma through the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, Edmond, Oklahoma 2014-2015

Taught various classes at the Fine Arts Institute of Edmond, 2014-2015

Taught Winter Session of Painting Classes for St. Luke's Methodist Church of Edmond, Edmond, Oklahoma

Teacher at My Inner Artist - Social Painting Classes OKC

Education

University of Central Oklahoma 1997 – Bachelor of Science – Elementary Education

· Art Teaching Certification – 2013

Seminars/Classes:

· Gary Lennon, Fine Arts Institute of Edmond

· Thomas Stotts, Fine Arts Institute of Edmond

Publications:

“Alabaster Caverns – The Bat Caves” – to be published in 2014.

Organizations:

Member of Edmond Art Association – Newsletter Chairperson

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