An Art and Life Blog

I Am Not Afraid

For seven years I lived in a striking landscape. Mountains shoot from the valley floor. Rivers run as clear as air. I was too afraid to stand in it alone. I was convinced that the…

I’m a Square Peg

I’m a square peg. Occasionally rectangular. Every so often, a triangle. But…never round – it seems. Regardless of my shape-shifting, my perception was always an ill fit. It’s gotten better with age. Gravity and experience…

The Lilac

Lilac. It’s a ‘bisexual’ plant that symbolizes love. I didn’t know that. Only that it smells divine and will not last long if you cut it down and expect it to live in a container.…

Always nice to see it in print…

Kelly Sullivan On the Artistic Road Less-Traveled When it comes to obvious definitions, it’s a challenge to fit Kelly Sullivan into any easily delineated category. Straddling the line between painter, patron and educator, the Lambertville…

Resting Venus

To all enthusiastic students, whose efforts, failures, and victories I applaud. “Don’t be shy with the paint,” my grandmother used to tell me. After so many years of trying to figure it out on my…

Four Weeks Post-Op

A wrenching chapter, but relatively short in the span of a lifetime I guess. 15 ½ months of angst & guilt, fear & eventual concurrence led to a spinal fusion. She is in her fourth…

Flying Without Wings

It’s as close to flying as you might get without wings. From my deck I watch them flip around. An unsuccessful landing takes a serious slap to the side of a body. They splash back…

Harbor Lights

It gets dreamy around here when the sun goes down and the boat lights come on. Its like looking through windows on a city street, and imagining the life happening inside. I have to assume…

The Lonely Rooster

I am a bit lonely. I guess that can happen, even in paradise. I am happy for this painting intensive and I am giving it my all, but I would love a little squeeze from…

Zacchious

Great, strong face. There are so many of them around here. Perhaps I need another week or two… Comments 6 Responses to Zacchious We’re all oohing and ahhing!! Nice! Posted by Reed · via kellysullivanfineart.com…