The Crafty Keeper

Visual Art – Raleigh

My name is Kelly Martin, and life\'s a zoo - literally! I spend my days as a zookeeper working with lions, tigers, leopards and more. It is a job I am passionate about and it has become the inspiration for most of my creative work. I got my love for art and photography from my dad. He paints in his spare time, and I remember drawing with him for hours as a child. He continues to encourage my artistic endeavors to this day. The Crafty Keeper was born out of this lifelong love for art and photography. It is my hope that I can now use it as a platform to educate people about the issues which I am most passionate - conservation and the exotic pet trade. In addition, a portion of each piece sold goes to conservation efforts to help the animals featured in my work by funding research, education, and species survival efforts at both sanctuaries and zoos.