Abstract explorations of resilience, wonder and becoming

I explore memory and transformation through layered abstraction, finding beauty in what is weathered, disrupted and changed—and possibility in what remains.

FEATURED SERIES

DOMESTIC TENSION

These paintings are about duality—the visible and invisible, the controlled and the unraveling, the sacred and the stained.

EXPLORE THIS SERIES

WHAT SLIPS THROUGH [Click image to learn more] — WHAT SLIPS THROUGH >>> [Click image to learn more]

THREADBARE MEMORY [Click image to learn more] — THREADBARE MEMORY >>> [Click image to learn more]

HOLDING PATTERN [Click image to learn more] — HOLDING PATTERN >>> [Click image to learn more]

CURRENT WORK

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Please Note: All art is available upon request except where marked as //SOLD

412 BRIDGES I: 12" X 12" Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

412 BRIDGES II: 12" X 12" Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

412 BRIDGES III: 12" X 12" Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

SUBMERGED | One: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

SUBMERGED | Two: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

SUBMERGED | Three: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

SUBMERGED | Four: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

SUBMERGED | Five: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

SUBMERGED | Six: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

COOKIN' WITH GAS: 12” X 12”
Mixed media acrylic, collage on board
//SOLD — COOKIN' WITH GAS: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board //SOLD

HAPPY NEW YEAR: 12” X 12”
Mixed media acrylic, collage on board //SOLD — HAPPY NEW YEAR: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board //SOLD

**CROWDED BEAUTIES: 12” X 12”
Mixed media acrylic, collage on board — **CROWDED BEAUTIES: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

**UNMAPPED TERRITORY: 12” X 12”
Mixed media acrylic, collage on board //SOLD — **UNMAPPED TERRITORY: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board //SOLD

MOONSHADOW: 12" x 12" Mixed media on board

RUST NEVER SLEEPS I: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

RUST NEVER SLEEPS II: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

RUST NEVER SLEEPS III: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

PEERING THROUGH: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

MOMENTS OF ANTICIPATION: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board /

FEELING THROUGH: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

**THE RELEVANCE OF RUIN I: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

**THE RELEVANCE OF RUIN II: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

ST. AUGUSTINE SUNSET: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

BEYOND BOUNDARIES: 12” X 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board

FALL RETURNING I: 6" X 6" Acrylic, graphite, crayon, wax, charcoal, collage, mixed media on paper

FALL RETURNING II: 6" X 6" Acrylic, graphite, crayon, wax, charcoal, collage, mixed media on paper

FALL RETURNING III: 6" X 6" Acrylic, graphite, crayon, wax, charcoal, collage, mixed media on paper

LOVE LETTER: 6" X 6" Acrylic, graphite, crayon, wax, charcoal, collage, mixed media on paper

BIG HUGS: 6" X 6" Acrylic, graphite, crayon, wax, charcoal, collage, mixed media on paper

SHIFTING EXPECTATIONS: 6" X 6" Acrylic, graphite, crayon, wax, charcoal, collage, mixed media on paper

CACTUS DREAMS I: 5” X 7” Mixed media, watercolor, ink, pencil on paper

CACTUS DREAMS II: 5” X 7” Mixed media, watercolor, ink, pencil on paper

CACTUS DREAMS III: 5” X 7” Mixed media, watercolor, ink, pencil on paper

CACTUS DREAMS IV: 5” X 7” Mixed media, watercolor, ink, pencil on paper

AFTER DARK: 16” X 20” Mixed media watercolor, gouache, charcoal, pencil, wax on paper

MILKY PINK: 16” X 20” Mixed media watercolor, gouache, charcoal, pencil, wax on paper

MIIDNIGHT NOTES: 16” X 20” Mixed media watercolor, gouache, charcoal, pencil, wax on paper //SOLD

PAIN, JOY: 18” X 22” Mixed media collage, acrylic, crayon, on canvas

AND YES: 18” X 22” Mixed media collage, acrylic, crayon, spray paint, on paper

LARGE WORK

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Please Note: All art is available upon request except where marked as //SOLD

PLAY DAY

TOMATO

**BABEL OR BAOBAB?

THE WAITING WATER

SUBMERGED

SOMETHING NEW

From Pittsburgh with Love

All American

ARCHIVE

TAKE FIVE

12” x 12” Mixed media acrylic on board, 2024 //SOLD
THE SEA OF ME

12” x 12” Mixed media acrylic on board, 2024 //SOLD
TAKING UP SPACE

16” X 20” Mixed media, watercolor, gouache, pencil, charcoal on paper //SOLD
THE TAIL OF THE STORM

12” x 12” Mixed media acrylic, collage on board //SOLD

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My Creations by Doris Kennedy

(My mom wrote this poem when she was 93)

Can I sit here and watch

While my paintings go up on the wall

The sum of my life’s work

That totals it all

What’s being hung

With a hammer and nail

The spacings of hangings

That tell the whole tale

The myriad of colors is easily seen

Many bright reds

That work

With the greens

Abstracts and trees

Are mostly what’s there

As surprising a mixture

As the eye can bear

So I’ll be happy

That others can see

Parts of life

Important to me

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