Kelly studied Fine Art at Falmouth University. She has been exhibiting since 2003 in the UK, New York, LA, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Singapore. She lives and works in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire.
Kelly finds her inspiration in the freedom, bravery and liberty of The New York School artists. She draws reference from the Expressionists of the 1940s and 50s such as Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning and Helen Frankenthaler, as well as Gillian Ayres and Peter Lanyon.