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Cynthia Ryan Kelly

Cynthia Ryan Kelly

artist/painter

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The Future is Coming At Me

water-based media on canvas| 40" x 30"| 2021

It's hard to get out of the way.

A Thousand Green Flashes

water-based media on panel| 42" x 44"| 2021

A ship of timepieces is on the horizon.

From My Home to Ours (or Casa to Casa)

water-based media on canvas| 36" x 36"| 2021

Columbus, Indiana is an island just a sail away

Pandemic Fantasy

water-based media on canvas| 30" x 48"| 2021

Create as much or more than you consume especially in a pandemic

The New Trinity After Sundown

water-based media on canvas| 30" x 48"| 2021

thinking about Salvation Mountain

The New Trinity

water-based media on canvas| 30" x 48"| 2019

thinking about Salvation Mountain

When the Carnival Arrives in Your Port

water-based media on panel| 44" x 42"| 2020

Playing boat has new meaning.

When the Princess Parks in Your Port

water-based media on panel| 23.5" x 63.5" fr| 2020

(in silver + colors hand-painted frame)

We're All the Holy Land: Part Two

water-based media on panel| 44" x 54"| 2020

A perfect place to ask what does life want from humans?

When Time is Right (Sandy Skoglund Kissed This)

water-based media on panel| 44" x 42"| 2019

thinking about Christo and Jeanne-Claude's last pieces and how Sandy Skoglund's ubiquitous installation.

What Does Life Want Us To Do?

water-based media on canvas| 60" x 40"| 2019

thinking about Christo and Jeanne-Claude's last pieces

The Voice Will Not Be Silenced

water-based media on canvas| 50" x 50"| 2019

thinking about Christo and Jeanne-Claude's last pieces

The Ringing in of Hope

water-based media on canvas| 31" x 40"| 2019

thinking about Earth art and one of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's last pieces

It's Okay to Fall in Love

water-based media on panel| 40" x 24"| 2019

thinking about Earth art and one of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's last pieces (frame not shown)

Your Passage Has Been Paid

water-based media on panel| 40" x 24"| 2019

thinking about Earth art and of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Pink Islands (frame not shown)

Pay the Ferryman Please

water-based media on panel| 40" x 24"| 2019

thinking about Christo and Jeanne-Claude's umbrella project: the good parts (frame not shown)

Revival at the Coral Reefs

water-based media on canvas| 60" x 40"| 2019

thinking about Earth art and one of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's last pieces

Comets or Going Once Going Twice

water-based media on canvas| 60" x 35"| 2019

thinking about Earth art and one of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Pink Islands

Thinking About Then

water-based media on canvas| 18" x 16"| 2019

thinking about Earth art and one of Christo's last pieces

Somebody's Savior is Here

water-based media on panel| 44" x 42"| 2020

thinking about Earth art and one of Christo's last pieces

In Between and All Around

water-based media on canvas| 20" x 16"| 2020

thinking about Earth art and one of Christo's last pieces

By Float or By Boat

water-based media on canvas| 12" x 16" | 2020

thinking about Earth art and one of Christo's last pieces in a hand-painted frame (not shown)

The Helpers Are Here

water-based media on panel| 48 1/4" x 36 1/4"| 2020

Sometimes they just show up.

The Arc of the Moral Universe Bends Towards Justice

water-based media on panel| 44" x 54"| 2018

Yang the Yin right out of here

In a Holy Land

water-based media on canvas| 12" x 16"| 2018

in vibrant hand-painted frame (not shown)

Searching for the Ox Cart Man

water-based media on panel| 13" x 16"| 2018

framed (not shown)

Beyond the Spiral Jetty

water-based media on panel | 13" x 16"| 2018

thinking about Robert Smithson'spiece in a frame (not shown)

Under the Umbrellas

water-based media on canvas| 16" x 12"| 2018

thinking about Christo and Jeanne-Claude's umbrella project: the good parts

We're All the Holy Land

water-based media on panel| 16" x 23" | 2014

Another beautiful setting to ask what does life want from people?

Don't Worry It's Not Really a War

water-based media on panel| 8" x 10"| 2014

in frame (not shown)

©2022 Cynthia Ryan Kelly. Special thanks to Birdboar. And, of course, Leslie Keats for the original design.
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