Things are Happening

Time is flying by. Hey time, slow the f down. Work, art-making, reading, music-listening, and thinking have been keeping me extremely busy. In true new-years-resolution fashion I have been pushing myself to create something (anything) new at least once a day. Some good tunes have been keeping me company (I can't stop listening to the new Animal Collective album) and I have been looking at words on pages from some good literature (I got a gift subscription to the New Yorker for xmas. Thanks pops.) Here is a small sample of what I have been up to. First some sketchbook drawings. I like drawing in the car, but Pennsylvania's roads are so notoriously bad that it's difficult to keep a steady hand.







This morning I did a quick drawing of Booker T. Washington and proceeded to screw around with it in photoshop. I've been doing a lot of drawing with a ball point pen lately so this quick indulgence with graphite felt good.




This is a portfolio piece that I have been working on for what seems like weeks, about the recent (can I still say recent?) terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. I remember watching the news and I heard an onlooker say to a reporter (and I'm paraphrasing): "These monuments and buildings that we construct come and go, but the people are the true building blocks of India."



Finally, I picked up this bad-boy today at a thrift shop for a whopping $2.21. Now I can watch the Steelers trounce the Cardinals tomorrow at work. Even though it was manufactured in 1983, the picture and sound are incredibly sharp. Too bad it will be obsolete on February 17th.



Anyway, thanks, mom (and my moms friends), for reading. I'll post more soon.

Playing with Paint

just foolin' around.

Dino

A portrait of Washington gubernatorial candidate, Dino Rossi, for The Stranger

Changes

Greetings,

Some things:

1) I am now represented by the fine folks at Langley Creative. We are working together on some new promotional materials so expect some new images soon. A couple new pieces, as well as some sketchbook images can be found on their site here.

2) I have recently moved to Chicago. I've been in the Lakeview area for just over a month now, and my address is 1700 W Nelson St. Chicago IL 60657 for all of those who are interested.

3) A new website is on it's way. Expect new work, more sketchbook pages, and a cleaner look in a couple of weeks.

I have been trying to find some open figure drawing in the city and came across the Brimstone Drawing Club the other day. Here are some ballpoint pen drawings from the session as well as a drawing of my room mate/fellow artist/gal-pal whose name is Kaitlin Howard.

Show & Tell

I will be participating in two shows in May and June.

'Rich Kelly Draws on Life' will be at the 3G Gallery in Pittsburgh. It is a selection of published work as well as some personal pieces that originated in my sketchbook. The opening reception will be Friday, April 25, at 6 PM. Directions and more information can be found here. It will be up until May 21.

I will also be participating in a show at the Chapterhouse Gallery in Philadelphia with Matthew Smith, a very talented artist from Brooklyn. The gallery is located at 620 S. 9th St. and the opening reception will be Friday, May 9, at 7 PM. Their website is here and this one will be up for the entire months of May and June.

Between the two shows I will be displaying about 20 pieces so if you're on either side of Pennsylvania be sure to swing by and check them out.

Thanks,
Rich

Album Art

Here are some concept designs for the New York based band, The Kiss-off. They didn't go with either of them, but I liked the way they turned out.