Lee Kelly

Publications

Lee Kelly: Late Paintings with Elephant

2022. An exhibition catalog for the June 2022 Lee Kelly: Late Paintings With Elephant at PLACE Galeria in Portland, Oregon. Fully illustrated with contributions by Kassandra Kelly, Randal Davis and PLACE [J.P. Paull & Željka Carol Kekez]. Leland Iron Works Press. Click here for a printed copy at Amazon.com.

Lee Kelly: Observatory at Jaipur

2015. Leland Iron Works Press monograph in conjunction with the Elizabeth Leach Gallery exhibition. Essays by Kassandra Kelly and Randal Davis, including documentation of the 2004 and 2015 Jaipur series of paintings, collages and wall sculptures. Also facsimile reproduction of personal photo album from his 2004 trip. Selection of studio photographs as well. 84 pages. Click here for printed book at Amazon.com or click here to download a free .pdf document.

Lee Kelly: One Through Nine

2013. Leland Iron Works Press monograph in conjunction with the Elizabeth Leach Gallery exhibition. Essays by Kassandra Kelly and Randal Davis, including extensive illustrations showing the the transformations of form and iconography throughout Kelly’s work. 64 pages. Click here for printed book at Amazon.com or click here to download a free .pdf document.

Lee Kelly: A Book of Gardens

2013. A Book of Gardens was first published by Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson in 1987 as a study of garden designs from India, ancient Egypt and Japan. Hand-printed and illustrated by Lee Kelly, designed and spiral bound by Bonnie Bronson, this small book had a single release of fewer than fifty copies. This 2015 edition includes a facsimile reproduction of the original book and photographs from Lee’s sculptures as installed at his home in Oregon City. Click here for a printed copy or click here to download a free .pdf document.

Lee Kelly: Edges Against the light

2012. Leland Iron Works Press’s first publication, in honor of Lee Kelly’s 80th birthday. Essays by Kassandra Kelly and Randal Davis, including facsimile of Kelly’s “Book of Gardens.” Poetry by Lee Kelly throughout. Numerous color photographs of works in situ at Leland Iron Works and elsewhere. 44 pages. Out of print. Click here to download a free .pdf document.

Lee Kelly & Bonnie Bronson: The space between

2023. Gallery handout from Leland Iron Works exhibition highlighting works from the early years of their marriage (1960s) and their development of unique geometric vocabularies from the common root of Abstract Expressionism. 2 pages. Click here to download a .pdf document.

Bonnie Bronson

Lee Kelly: Angkor, Bennington, Turkey, Kyoto, Sulawesi, Selections from Folios 1995- 2009

2022. Gallery handout from Leland Iron Works exhibition of selections of small works on paper, with introductory notes by Kassandra Kelly and exhibition checklist. 2 pages. Click here to download a .pdf document.

Bonnie Bronson: The early years

2015. Leland Iron Works Press monograph on Bronson’s early abstract expressionist paintings and steel wall sculptures. Essays by Kassandra Kelly and Randal Davis. Extensively illustrated. 104 pages. Click here for book at Amazon.com or here to download a .pdf document. Click here to download a free .pdf document.

Bonnie Bronson: Works 1960-1990

2011. Catalog from Pacific Northwest College of Art’s 2011 Bonnie Bronson retrospective. Introductions by Thomas Manley and Kassandra Kelly, essay by Randal Davis, poetry by Lee Kelly. Extensively illustrated. 40 pages. Out of print. Click here to download a .pdf document.

Bonnie Bronson: Grids

2010/2014. Originally appeared in 2010 as exhibition notes for Bonnie Bronson’s 1986 series of small works on paper. Subsequently expanded in this Leland Iron Works Press monograph, which contains full-size reproductions of the ten works in the series. Notes by Randal Davis and Kassandra Kelly. 40 pages. Click here to download a .pdf copy.

Bonnie Bronson: Notes on the module

2022. Gallery handout from Leland Iron Works exhibition featuring selections from the Grids series and other works highlighting Bronson’s development in the 1970s of a personalized geometry. Notes by Randal Davis. 2 pages. Click here to download a .pdf copy.

Bonnie Bronson: Selected works on paper

2022. Gallery handout from Leland Iron Works exhibition featuring selections of works on paper 1972-1988 emphasizing Bronson’s use of allover pattern and decoration. Notes by Randal Davis. 2 pages. Click here to download a .pdf copy.

Lee Kelly & Bonnie Bronson: The space between

2023. Gallery handout from Leland Iron Works exhibition highlighting works from the early years of their marriage (1960s) and their development of unique geometric vocabularies from the common root of Abstract Expressionism. 2 pages. Click here to download a .pdf copy.