Ann Kelly was born on the Wirral penninsula and studied at the Laird School of Art and the Liverpool College of Art. She first went into Graphic design then reverted to fine art. She has taught painting, ceramics and print making but now concentrates on her own work.

She has exhibited in many galleries including The Montpellier Gallery, Stratford on Avon, The Great Atlantic Gallery, Falmouth, the Edinburgh Drawing School and the Harbour Gallery, Cornwall as well as at the Mall Gallery London with the Society of Women Artists and the RWA in Bristol.

She mostly paints landscapes and some still life using a pallette knife after developing grip problems but she thoroughly enjoys the effect of the paint edges.