Ella Kelley 15.5x15.5cm pencil, acrylic, paper and ink on paper
Siobhan Kelley 15.5x15.5 acrylic, pencil, paper on canvas
Charlie Kelley 15.5x15.5 acrylic, pencil and paper on paper
Quite some time back, around March, I asked my sister what she would like for her birthday. "A painting" was the reply, "A painting by you or Ella or Charlie or all three". Oh, is that all? So I made the decision the painting would be by all three of us, although I was unsure how to create such a masterpiece. My original thought was canvas. Something substantial, something compelling, something worthy of hanging on a wall. My son wanted to paint a pink and purple unicorn. He borrowed Ella's pink and purple pillow pet unicorn for kinder. It travelled to kinder in the front seat of the car. For whatever reason he became quite fixated on painting the pink and purple unicorn in the front seat of the car. The months rolled by and we found ourselves in May with only a pink and purple unicorn and little else. Ella and I could only wonder at what we were going to produce to match Charlie's vision.
It was the school holidays. I was working on a painting for the onefourfour April theme 'Transform'. I had already made a painting, a collage of photocopied damselflies and dragonflies in nymph and adult stages pasted on layers of text and acrylic paint to produce a shallow perspective. I had used these images more than twenty years ago when I was in the second year of my Bachelor of Fine Art studies at university. Later, I made the decision to repeat the same image on paper but draw the insects instead. So, when Charlie and Ella arrived in my studio I had squares of paper drawn up, photocopies and paint. I left them to do the rest.
I have to admit I was surprised at how well the three paintings worked together. The red acts as an anchor for Ella and Charlie's pieces, while the green manages to unite all three paintings. I had it framed with a teal green mount and a white frame. When I gave it to my sister she became quite emotional. I guess that means she thought it wall worthy.
Damsel 70x33cm mixed media
