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Kitty O’Meallie
Kitty O’Meallie prefers Nature subjects especially tree branches, flocks of birds, seashells, flowers, etc. as well as the human figure, both nude and clothed. Her pieces are contemporary in feeling often with dramatic use of negative space. Media include acrylic, oil, mixed media, pastel, ink, and pencil.
Glenaire Composite
- 28” x 25” - Acrylic
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 Exotic Trumpet - 8 3/4" x 11 3/4" - Mixed media |
New Orleans artist Kitty O’Meallie was
born in South Carolina and received her fine arts degree from Newcomb
Art School (Tulane University). She studied Advanced Painting at
Newcomb for an additional four years. She has had 29 major exhibitions,
among them four solo museum shows. She won 13 awards and special
honors, among them a WYES-TV (New Orleans) documentary. In 2003 she was
the winner of the Cover Art Contest for the North Carolina Continuing
Care Reference Guide.
O'Meallie's paintings are in the permanent collections of the New
Orleans Museum of Art, Meridian Museum, Ogden Museum of Southern Art,
Masur Museum, Tulane University, Wake Forest University, Houston
Athletic Center, New Orleans Public Library and many other
public and private sites. She is listed in Who's Who of American Women
and various other references. She has been represented by galleries in
New Orleans, Dallas, Winston-Salem, Lake Charles, LA, and Georgetown,
SC.
In 1995 the artist received a grant commissioning her to produce nine
paintings depicting the history of Christian music. These are
permanently installed in a 40-foot space in an auditorium of the St.
Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church. O'Meallie presently lives &
paints in Cary, NC and is a member of the Fine Arts League of Cary.
