Rita Kelley, illustrator, resides in Connecticut where she was born and raised. She works primarily with charcoal and watercolor with a preference for the human figure. Her published illustrations include the cover of Wreckage on a Watery Moon, a collection of poems written by Mary McLaughlin Slechta (Foothills Publishing).

• The Boy’s Nightmare and Other Poems by Mary Mc.Laughlin Slechta (2005),8 ½” x 7”, with 7 charcoal drawings by Rita Kelley.

Gallery of Work