Kelly McKernanさんのイラストまとめ

Mermay is almost here. I’m not sure I’ll have a chance to make any new work in between other projects, but if I do, I’m thinking I need more seductive and deadly sirens in my life...

Like... how dare?

Hey #portfolioday!

I’m Kelly (she/they) an independent artist creating emotive paintings in acryla gouache + watercolor. I make original works for galleries + clients as well as illustrations for books, comics + games.

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I’m in an Edmund Dulac mood.

Last pair, then I’m getting vaccinated! This is a fun one. I love spiders, and I love the story of Arachne. It’s uncanny how i painted these two 10 years apart without even realizing it. 🕷

“Vitriol” 2013 and “Limerence” 2016 are really personal actually. I painted the former at a really bad part of my last marriage. It was clear how much pain I was in. Then I painted the latter, almost in response, when I divorced and then found my twin flame, my current partner.

“Entropy” and “Chimera” (2013 & 2018 again). I think these were both exploring the monsters within - the shadows that can’t also exist without light. In the latter, I’m more appreciative of my darker traits, even empowered by them.

Here are a few more. “Attrition” made in 2013 followed by “Apostasy” in 2018, the latter deliberately inspired by my experience in a religious cult. The former was expressing the same themes but I wasn’t able to see it at the time.

These are sister paintings. “Fester” was created in 2013 for a solo show called “Cognitive Dissonance” and “Liminal”was made in 2018 for another solo titled “Anamnesis.”

My journey in healing, in progress, right here:

“Schism” is a #watercolor painting about my struggle to keep my depression & anxiety below the surface in order to maintain a veneer of confidence & happiness. At the time, I was just allowing my art to express what I couldn’t say aloud for many years. 🌺 #MentalHealthAwareness