Cally Krallman

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Cally Krallman was raised on a farm on the High Plains of northwest Kansas near Goodland. She attended Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, where she received her BFA in 1981. She worked in commercial art until 1992.

She has studied with Phil Starke, Kim English, Michael Albrechtson, and William Scott Jennings. She has been featured in many one-person exhibits and her work is collected throughout the U.S. She is a member of Oil Painters of America, American Women Artists and has exhibited in the Salon International. She was also a guest artist in the “Art in the Embassies” program in Tblisi, Georgia.

“I have been painting in the Midwest, primarily Kansas for about 20 years,” says Krallman. “I have traveled many places but I am still drawn to the simplistic beauty of the plains. Many people think of the Midwest as just a flat agricultural state, but in fact it is full of wonderful rolling hills, tree-lined rivers and creeks, and other unique land formations.

“The sunrises and sunsets are breathtaking and calming at the same time. Our four seasons create a myriad of colors worthy of any artists’ palette.

“Any artist can see the grandeur of the great mountains and oceans, but to find beauty in the simplest of rocky plains, tall native grasses, back roads, meandering creeks, fields of grain, takes someone who loves the region… loves the plains.

“Regional art plays an important role in American history. I feel it not only records our place in time, but it is a window for others to see the ordinary in a not so ordinary way. I try to share that in each painting I create.”

Krallman enjoys painting outdoors (en plein aire) because it allows her to capture the surroundings and atmosphere that can be difficult to achieve in the studio.