KATELYN BETSILL DEL VECCHIO

B., 1994. Katelyn Betsill Del Vecchio is an American oil painter.

    Primarily a self taught painter, Katelyn began studying oils following the move to a rural town in the wild and vast Chihuahuan desert, where the desert light and shadow ignited curiosity and awe. Mainly a western figurative & landscape painter, Betsill believes in painting what is familiar to her, featuring western landscapes and figures that reflect her own experiences working in, and with, the land. Her education and background as a Biologist has also inspired the incorporation of native flora and fauna to create narrative portraits of landscapes and gives a subtle nod to the ecosystem it facilitates. 

What started as a pursuit to recreate landscape in a literal “as is” depiction has morphed into a more relaxed, explorative play with shape, color and contrast in her finished studio paintings. 

She currently lives in San Marcos, Texas with her husband, Scott, and young children Josephine (age 3) and Noe (newborn).

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Katelyn is currently represented by Parsons Gallery of the West in Taos, New Mexico.

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 She has been featured in nationally circulated magazines Southwest Art Magazine and Western Art Collector and was named one of '21 under 31 Young Artists to Collect Now' in Southwest Art Magazine in 2022. Katelyn was a featured artist and top 10 finalist in Western Gallery's 'New Western Talent" 2020, and selected as an emerging artist in Fort Worth's Main Street Festival, ranked #3 nationally.

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