Paintings by Kelly

My paintings mainly focus on subjects that are busy and absorbed with action, thought or feeling. They're often so enthralled, in fact, that they are completely unaware of their surroundings, or of being seen by you, the viewer. What I hope to achieve through paintings is a sense of awareness. I want to uncover the authentic self, to find the real human condition beneath the layers of self that we project. In my paintings, I want to show people for who they truly are, and not the 'characters,' that we all appear to become through the many adopted roles of our social lives.