Walking into the home of Susan Kelly and Bill Roy, one is immediately struck by a sense of contemporary design. Walls throughout the home have been painted white, former wooden railings have been replaced by panes of glass topped with aluminum rails, and an extremely high ceiling in the main room adds to the feeling of openness that one also experiences upon entering.

An Heriberto Mora oil on canvas dominates the western wall of the room, its pastel colors creating a massive labyrinth in the lower three-quarters of the work. The upper portion of “Blind Flight” fades into the canvas. The effect of what Ms Kelley calls “an infinite horizon” is increased by the white wall upon which the 2010 work has been hung.

On the opposite wall, an equally large Robert Freeman painting stares back, its bold colors a stark contrast to the Mora piece. They work with each other, however, surrounded as they are by additional contemporary sculptures and paintings.

For the third summer Susan Kelley and her husband, Bill Roy, are hosting a contemporary fine arts exhibition of paintings and sculpture at their newly renovated home and private gallery. Laurel Hill Farm, at 57 Mt Pleasant Road, is a gallery within the couple’s home. It is the second gallery owned by the married couple, who have for many years also operated a Kelley Roy Gallery in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Fla.

Two gallery spaces within the 4,400-plus-square-foot house exclusively host art. Additional works are also found in side rooms, offices, even a number of the bathrooms. The house, built in 1973, housed a ballet studio for its original owners. It feels like it was always meant to host art of one form or another.

This summer’s exhibition in the main gallery, “Out of The Woods,” has been curated by Ms Kelley. The exhibition in the former ballet studio will feature five artists who were also featured in recent exhibitions in the Kelley Roy Miami location, as well as exciting new work by the artist Grisel Ors.

Mira Lehr uses resin on Plexiglas to create images of jellyfish. Red Wolf sculpts and paints on honeycombed aluminum, creating a three-dimensional holographic impact. The exhibition will also present work by three sculptors: Linda Ross, who combines glass and bronze into a majestic tower; Pablo Cano, who uses found objects to create marionettes, bringing a new dimension to Lady Gaga in one of his newest pieces (commissioned by the gallery owners); and Henry Lautz, who uses basswood to create spiritually Zen art.

Ms Ors, who incorporates fabric and paint on canvas and board to create fresh contemporary images, was in Newtown with Ms Kelly and Mr Roy this week, joining them during the installation of the exhibition. An “emerging artist,” said Ms Kelley, Ms Ors creates works with “an organic feel, a rawness that is all very intentional.”

The artist likes painting right to the edges, she said. Looking toward “Am I Dreaming,” one of the works waiting to be hung Tuesday afternoon, Ms Ors said she created it to offer that feeling of “like when you’re dreaming, in the dark, but there is a light that you want to follow.”

The 48-inch-high by 40-inch-wide piece, like others in the artist’s oeuvre, features organic cotton canvas with blacks and reds dominating. A series of ovals on the right side of the canvas remind the viewer of a diminishing hallway, or of moving spirals that haunt and tease characters caught in an episode of The Twilight Zone. One expects the spirals to start moving, taunting a viewer with a faraway door always just out of reach.

“She creates really unique work,” Ms Kelley commented.

Nearby and also waiting to be put in place for the summer exhibition was “Red Strichen Deep Vessel,” another large work, this one by Red Wolf. Measuring 33 by 36 inches, the mixed-media piece, like most in the artist’s vessel series (a collaborative effort with his son), began with honeycomb aluminum upon which the artist etches his subject.

“He then chisels that down, paints, and covers the image with aluminum,” said Ms Kelley, belying the difficulty of the work. Layers of clear resin applied to the surface also add to the depth of each piece.

The sculpted paintings of Mr Wolf, says Ms Kelley, have “dynamic dimension.”

“The vessel is so engaging, it’s amazing,” she continued.

In addition to the main gallery curated group show, a number of other artists’ work is being exhibited in the ground floor project gallery and on the balcony, including Frank Hyder’s colorful and immediately recognizable Japanese koi; works by John Henry, another piece by Heriberto Mora, Sebastian Spreng, Antonio Ugarte, the late Victor Vasarely, and sculptor and noted jewelry designer Linda Lee Johnson.

An opening reception and exhibition tour by Ms Kelley will be held on Saturday, June 27, from 2 to 6 pm. Reservations are required, and can be done by calling 305-984-5310 or 203-304-9455 or sending e-mail to SKelley@kelleyroygallery.com. Those who wish to visit the gallery for its reception are welcome to call “right up until they walk in the door,” said Ms Kelley. “Just let us know that you’re coming.”

The exhibition will continue through August 30. All visits are by appointment only, Wednesday through Sunday. Call 305-984-5310 or 203-304-9455

Visit kelleyroygallery.com for more information.