Representational painter, born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, who studied at Royal College of Art. He was a member of The Suffolk Group and showed with Young Contemporaries, Gallery 44 in Aldeburgh, Digby Gallery in Colchester and Warwick University Arts Centre. Kelly’s work is held in the South African government’s World War II collection, by several education authorities and in many British and foreign private collections. Lived in Walberswick, Suffolk.