Kelly McKernan's artwork

I've decided that every once in a while probably once a month I will show someone's artwork that I'm a fan of. Kelly McKernan who also goes by Leliophelia is an artist who does mixed media work. Some of the materials that she uses are photography, gouache, and watercolor, and other various materials. Kelly's artwork is very saturated, texturized and has a very dreamy movement to it.

I've included a few images of Kelly McKernan's artwork but encourage you to view her website at link or her blog which is located at link

All artwork shown is copyrighted by Kelly McKernan and cannot be used without her permission

Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Whenever I visit a bigger city the chance to see an art museum is usually something on the top of my list. This weekend on my trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma I made a visit to the Philbrook Museum of Art. The museum is located in a very nice area in the city and meshes itself right into the current surroundings. The Philbrook is a 72 room mansion converted into an art museum. The collection of the museum is rather small but I was very interested in seeing the Bouguereau painting(see atached photo) since he is one of my favorite artists. If you've never visited an art museum there is nothing like viewing an artists labor right in front of you instead of located in a book. Anyway, there collection is on 3 levels of the house. The main floor houses the European paintings and Italian Renaissance. On the top is the modern art and the american paintings. The lower level has mostly native american paintings.

The main attraction to the museum is when you step out of the great hall and view an amazing and intricately laid out garden and sculpture walk. The garden is located on 23 acres that include a pond, stream, bridges, fountains, sculptures, and many places to sit and enjoy nature. I've included some photos so you can enjoy some of it's grandeur!

You can view the Philbrook's website at http://www.philbrook.org/

Smoking Caterpillar painting progress 1

Finished with the caterpillar but might have to change the color of the caterpillar to blue digitally when it gets put into book form since it specifically says the caterpillar is blue in Alice in Wonderland. Should be fine to display though. The caterpillar that I referenced for the painting is called a Common Yellow Swallowtail. I'm very happy with the mushroom. Can't wait to get to the background with all the smoke around poor Alice.

She must be a little frightened.

Smoking Caterpillar sketch for Alice in Wonderland painting

Decided to go with a realistic caterpillar looking over a mushroom at little Alice. The caterpillar is blowing out smoke which should make a neat background for the painting. The caterpillar will be very detailed and mostly white with orange, green, and black in it.

Stay tuned for more Alice in Wonderland!

Alice sees the white rabbit - finished painting

This is the 1st painting in the Alice in Wonderland series that I've finished for my show at the Gillioz in Springfield, MO coming this November. I'm very happy with the finished painting. Please look through my previous posts to see the progress of the painting. It's very interesting to look at the beginning sketches and the finished painting. Next up is Alice and the smoking caterpillar!

Alice sees the white rabbit painting progress 2

Woohoo! The rabbit is finished. Well, almost I'll add the whiskers and some more little details once the background is finished. Enjoy!