Abstract painting of a woman's face with long wavy hair, bold eyes, and red lips on a textured background.

Colleen Kiely

Girl with Zig Zags, 2023, Acrylic gouache & graphite on wood panel, 12.5 x 9.5 inches

MEDIUM: Painting and Mixed Media

STUDIO LOCATION: 61 at 20 Vernon Street

Website: www.colleenkiely.com

Instagram: @kielystudio

I make paintings featuring imagined, synthesized images of girls and women that focus on themes of time and transformation. My sources include daily life, vernacular photography and art history. By painting until a specific presence emerges - not a particular likeness - I craft images that are animated and imperfect rather than ideal.