Betsy Kellum is a national and international award-winning artist; having exhibited in New York with the Allied Artist's of America, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club (Full Signature Membership), American Artist's Professional League and the Pastel Society of America (Full Signature Membership); in California with the Pastel Society of the West Coast where she achieved the highest, "Distinguished Pastellist" Membership; in Atlanta with the Southeastern Pastel Society and numerous other exhibitions in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Texas, Florida, Virginia and New Mexico.

 Her work has been featured in several articles in  The Pastel Journal, a national art publication.  She was selected by ArtNetwork to be featured in The Encyclopedia of Living Artists, published and released in January 1997; selected to be in the Best of Virginia, Artists and Artisans, published in 2005 and Best of America, Pastel Artists, Vol II published in October, 2009.

Kellum is represented by The Little Gallery in Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, Richard Stravitz Fine Art Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA,  Crossroads Art Center in Richmond, VA and a member of The Art League Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Old Town Alexandria, VA. She is a juried member of the web site: www.artshow.com

Working in soft pastels and in oil, Kellum paints in a representational style utilizing rich color and dramatic value contrast. Still life, landscape, figurative and animal portraits are the subject matter for most of her work.

"As life seems to get more complicated and stressful, I like to search for the beauty and serenity found in our world and present that in my art. My goal is to share that feeling with my viewers."

Kellum graduated from the College of William & Mary with a BA in Education and later studied art at the Art League School in Alexandria, Virginia. She has participated in workshops with nationally known artists such as Albert Handel, Doug Dawson, Roger Dale Brown, Loryn Brazier, Rob Liberace and Burton Silverman.