Kelsy Patnaude

Kelsy Patnaude is a painter and photographer who is a Master of Fine Arts candidate in Visual Arts at Lesley University College of Art & Design. When not living in Newport, Rhode Island as an artist, Kelsy splits her working time as a professional yachtswoman.

Kelsy utilizes photography from her experiences on the ocean in her panorama-style oil paintings and surfer girls. She is interested in altering the traditional masculine history associated with the sea and the sublime.