Meet Kelly: visual designer, illustrator and well-rounded human from a small town north of Toronto, Canada.
Welcome! Kelly (b. 1991) is a versatile visual designer and illustrator from Canada. She has a rational and curious approach to design systems and visual communication, creating socially and culturally responsive design to educate, inform, and inspire.
She created Root to Sky Kitchen, an online WordPress food blog and platform dedicated to research and innovation of vital practices, brands and services in the context of current and emerging human and environmental needs, connecting people globally with traditional skills, small farms and big ideas while supporting healthy communities.
In 2013, she obtained her BAA degree in illustration and has since gained experience across a variety of sectors as a graphic designer and illustrator. She’s always looking to improve her skills with new and meaningful projects. Most recently, she served remotely as an RGD affiliate designer with Canada’s Arctic education non-profit Pinnguaq (now known as Ampere).
Kelly was raised in a small town with rolling hills near farmland. Her upbringing planted the seeds of a deep appreciation of the wild and an active, natural lifestyle in tune with the elements. She’s here to push boundaries and explore the unknown, and enjoys working with sustainable and ethical brands that align with her values. Local and international clients and affiliates include Wild Bloom Botanicals, Wild Meadows Farm, Elementa Rituals, and SuperFeast. She has also served with a number of organizations including Sustain Ontario, volunteering at West End Food Co-op, helping facilitate local fundraising events such as the Humber Ride 4 Real Food, and supporting regenerative, organic and biodynamic farms and farmer’s markets like the Village Market at Waldorf.
As a perpetual student of life, free spirit and advocate for intentional living and radical self-responsibility, she feels most at home while moving in nature, by the sea, and in the mountains, spreading peace.
Let’s get in touch!
Currently open to local and international collaborators who share a similar vision and values. No project is too big or too small! Let’s share ideas that become tangible, creating quality experiences and making an impact for good.
If you'd like to collaborate, or simply for a copy of my resume/CV, feel free to connect by filling out the form on the right.
Branding, identity, and visual design (print and digital)
Illustration, realistic painting and portraits
Food photography, wellness retreat catering and recipe development
“Remote work really suits you!”
— Mariana, design team lead at Pinnguaq/Ampere, 2024
Clients & Partnerships
Wild Bloom Botanicals, Wild Meadows Farm, SuperFeast, EarthRunners, Block Blue Light, Paleo Menu, Elementa Rituals, Vancouver Guardian, Xerox, Ampere Canada
Formal Education
2013—BAA Illustration, Sheridan College, recipient of the Wallace Joyce scholarship by the Varley-McKay Art Foundation
Skills & Services
Editorial design, visual design, food photography, brand identity, illustration, editing and proofreading, print production
Original logo by Andy Everson
Thanks for visiting! The perspectives on this website and in any offerings are my own and are not a reflection of employers or associated entities.
I, Kelly Samantha, acknowledge that the majority of my work has been interwoven mainly with the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Wendat, and recognize the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit folks. I acknowledge the traditional custodians and give gratitude and reverence to your continuing, sacred connection to the land, waters and community. I pay my respects to you and your cultures, traditions, and to Elders both past, present and emerging. May we learn and strengthen our collaboration with your ancestral knowledge and wisdom, for knowing the ways of the rivers, mountains, fires and waters, and remember harmony with the highest integrity and deepest reverence for spirit and the Earth. For a deeper understanding of the land you inhabit, please visit native-land.ca.
Merci de votre visite! Les perspectives présentées sur ce site Web et dans toutes les offres sont les miennes et ne reflètent pas celles des employeurs ou des organisations associées.
Je, Kelly Samantha, reconnais que la majorité de mon travail a été étroitement liée aux territoires traditionnels des Mississaugas des Anishinaabe, de la Confédération des Haudenosaunee et des Wendats, et je reconnais la présence durable de tous les peuples des Premières Nations, des Métis et des Inuits. Je rends hommage aux gardiens traditionnels et exprime ma gratitude et mon respect pour votre lien continu et sacré avec la terre, les eaux et la communauté. Je vous rends hommage, ainsi qu’à vos cultures, à vos traditions et aux aînés passés, présents et émergents. Puissions-nous apprendre et renforcer notre collaboration avec votre savoir et votre sagesse ancestraux, pour connaître les voies des rivières, des montagnes, des feux et des eaux, et nous souvenir de l’harmonie avec la plus grande intégrité et le plus profond respect pour l’esprit et la Terre. Pour une compréhension plus approfondie de la terre que vous habitez, veuillez visiter native-land.ca.
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