Frankie De Melo & Kelly R. Guidry

Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Frederick is featuring artwork of Frankie Del Melo & Kelly Guidry for the Winter 2010 Season throughout our Lafayette office corridors.  Enjoy the popular landscapes of the Tchefuncte River by Frankie and the "Modern Primitive" work of Kelly Guidry through out our office until March 2010.

Frankie De Melo

Frankie De Melo was raised in southeast Louisiana and attended college in Western New York, where she received her degree in visual arts. After spending time in New York City and Buffalo, post graduation, she decided to reclaim her southern roots and moved home where her career in art continued. She studied for one year at Louisiana Tech University, under painting instructor, Peter Jones and drawing instructor, Kathy Velard. Since she has been back in Louisiana , and having survived the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, her art has taken a turn. Using both oil and acrylic she paints on everything from canvas and sections of fence board, to tin and window panes. Although most popularly recognized by her landscapes of the Tchefuncte River, Frankie also enjoys doing figurative work, jazz musicians, and murals.

Frankie's inventory at Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Frederick.

www.frankiedemelo.com

Kelly R. Guidry

Kelly  Guidry was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana and came from an artistic family.  He has always been an artist of sorts, however in 1992 Kelly discovered his true medium.  Enrolled as an Advertising Design major at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Kelly took his first sculpture class.  He loved it immediately and it soon became his unofficial minor.  His passion soon evolved from the mallet and chisel to the use of a chainsaw.  Being introduced to welding he pushed the scale of his work and developed a rough-edged style called “Modern Primitive” because of the use of modern motor and engine driven tools to execute concepts inspired by the art of primitive cultures.

 Kelly's inventory at Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Frederick.

 

 

  www.kellyguidry.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          For inquiries or to obtain more information please email info@dsfcpas.com.