Artworks, Metro Art Rider Portrait Series

Auntie Shelley

Artist(s):
Adele Renault, "Auntie Shelley"

Project Description

Auntie Shelley fondly recognizes a longtime resident of the Crenshaw Corridor. As the block captain and founder of a neighborhood daycare, Shelley is a familiar, friendly face to many raised in Leimert Park.

About the Artist

ADELE RENAULT‘s realistic paintings and murals explore urban life—from people to pigeons. Now based in Los Angeles, with a studio in West Adams, Renault was raised in Belgium and traveled extensively before graduating from the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe.