A blog about my life, my art, and a way for me to keep in touch, with those important to me and reach out to those that I would like to get to know.Tumblr (3.0; @keelydavis)http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9e54f9dcf27edf108a777bbc861c8c00/tumblr_mo0j5xERqi1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>old work but i’m still fairly fond of it.</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/52366764354http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/52366764354Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:51:33 -0400watercolorart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/018aa2ff9623b33a02ed9bbc9282898b/tumblr_mo0j37ARgw1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My favorite parts of Denton/unt campus-blurred, obscured, and burned by the what I felt represented the colors of denton.</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/52366708687http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/52366708687Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:49:55 -0400watercolorDenton txUNTdentonart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f75f389e3b21e5667e3b6df97ab2c1de/tumblr_mo0j01CkRh1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>this was painted after the suicide of a wonderful, brilliant girl who was a watercolor grad student.</p> <p>Only my teacher Millie Giles ever saw this piece.</p> <p>In all the circles I wrote down my fears of seeing someone else die, or if I myself would wind up killing myself from my own stresses and pain. After I painted the words, I took water and then smeared the words until they could no longer be read.</p> <p>It pains me to this day to think about how one day I had been at her show, and only a few days later she was gone. Life is short, and not just yours, but those around you.</p> <p>Treasure everything.</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/52366647168http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/52366647168Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:48:01 -0400watercolorartaftermath<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5199205bc4fd4bd5caabebd3305bf1a4/tumblr_mn29x5h3ZK1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1cc4b61be0974dfc5fce5c8425955dd3/tumblr_mn29x5h3ZK1qiuuy6o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“Galaxy”</p> <p>this is huge. about 6000 square inches…it’s over 8ft by 6ft. The size can alter depending on space. </p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844804962http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844804962Sun, 19 May 2013 15:53:29 -0400watercolorartabstract<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dce1b9cd18d4f61b0e493c41732a11ba/tumblr_mn29tnKjPq1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>watercolor, black illustration board,charcoal paper, sumi ink, various watercolor papers</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844627495http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844627495Sun, 19 May 2013 15:51:23 -0400artwatercolor<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d679217d04d8a40f49e0f9da4253debc/tumblr_mn29r11wEE1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>watercolor, ashes</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844502458http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844502458Sun, 19 May 2013 15:49:49 -0400watercolorart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7de54d2066424378b23e9de8685a158b/tumblr_mn29oe5Dio1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Jelly fish,”</p> <p>charcoal paper, various watercolor paper, ashes, watercolor</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844373337http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844373337Sun, 19 May 2013 15:48:14 -0400watercolorart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2ca5d5bdd373cb3e85ceb17038281fbb/tumblr_mn29kwennD1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Keep your eyes on the road”</p> <p>watercolor, sumi ink, graphite, ashes</p> <p>this is over 2000 sqaure inches, it’s fairly large.</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844203924http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844203924Sun, 19 May 2013 15:46:08 -0400watercolorartabstract<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/29c56b60ddd7d08d9e83d2db1dcccaca/tumblr_mn29hrxZaT1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A favorite piece of mine. A lot of people wanted it, but it’s one of my higher priced items, so it’s still with  me at the moment though it’s nicely mounted and ready to be sold if anyone ever does get it. o3o</p> <p>watercolor,ashes</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844052312http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50844052312Sun, 19 May 2013 15:44:15 -0400watercolorartashesabstract<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5c3f5908c2ff15ac00135708916d7b13/tumblr_mn29f2htDm1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Wilted”</p> <p>Inspired by another project I did when I had to burn roses. I don’t think this piece is as successful as others but it was still fun to do.</p> <p>watercolor,ashes</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50843917335http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50843917335Sun, 19 May 2013 15:42:38 -0400watercolorartabstract<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0a0981e56e0f5206a41ec362af3cf2e5/tumblr_mn29c79g231qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Alien”</p> <p>charcoal paper, various watercolor paper, white illustration board, ashes, transparent watercolor, india ink</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50843778268http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50843778268Sun, 19 May 2013 15:40:55 -0400artwatercolorabstract<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e804e12ca48a13478c1b80a60bf2e452/tumblr_mn292hTPyz1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>most of these pieces actually sold. I tend to sell my work as a whole, but each section can be bought individually as well. </p> <p>I’m currently trying to figure out how to make jewelry out of my smaller pieces using resin. :)</p> <p>“Spider on a stump”</p> <p>watercolor,ashes,black illustration board</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50843313909http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50843313909Sun, 19 May 2013 15:35:00 -0400artwatercolorabstract<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/508c289ce6dcc2193889c4731046afba/tumblr_mn28yrzDrn1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Sugar rush”</p> <p>watercolor, ink, pencil,ashes</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50843131114http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50843131114Sun, 19 May 2013 15:32:51 -0400watercolorartabstract<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e4677fcb611b1f5446e3d02e7e87a4f2/tumblr_mn28w0bcnu1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>watercolor, yupo, various watercolor papers, ashes.</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50842999038http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50842999038Sun, 19 May 2013 15:31:12 -0400watercolorartabstract<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8025248790eff3f2d8bf37e4a1dcf10/tumblr_mn28p143ah1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>watercolor, sumi ink, ashes, wax</p> <p>I forgot to mention the best part about this…there a random “Scary phrases” written on the paper, but some of the ashes burned through them. One of the scary phrases to survive was, “It has six legs,” and it unsettled most people who discovered it. :> It was pretty fun to see people react to it. :></p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50842666370http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50842666370Sun, 19 May 2013 15:27:00 -0400watercolorabstract<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2f7f036177d624d40aa8ec6932fbbb3/tumblr_mn28lzGtOw1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This was a fun piece. (part of it’s mounted because that part sold.)</p> <p>I used different transparent watercolors, and some irodori watercolor-that is also a transparent but it almost acts more like a gouache. Then I smoked the pieces very slowly over a period of several days to get color changes and natural decay. </p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50842515321http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50842515321Sun, 19 May 2013 15:25:11 -0400watercolorartabstract<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e878db6b1a5b492847e7592dd6126404/tumblr_mn28g5UG8s1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>watercolor, ashes</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50842234084http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/50842234084Sun, 19 May 2013 15:21:41 -0400artwatercolorabstract<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/91bfea43e4ef2b14c7f23581f9b2ce0e/tumblr_mm5ppigg5c1qiuuy6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/49432271761http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/49432271761Thu, 02 May 2013 08:00:56 -0400yukinaartwedding dress<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7b8b4c931cb7f8871d9be00009e0fd1b/tumblr_mlzgntjIlV1snm7xno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kazimaskiwifruit.tumblr.com/post/49121662149/me-in-my-outfit-because-i-thought-it-was-really">kazimaskiwifruit</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Me in my outfit because i thought it was really cute. =////=~<3</p> </blockquote>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/49121684181http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/49121684181Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:52:59 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c0f7846ae523c8ed7d8ba2c861af61d2/tumblr_mhzuznVaqt1qi5a4bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a peek at my process for my watercolor pieces.</p>http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/42742644139http://keelydavis.tumblr.com/post/42742644139Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:05:33 -0500watercolorfireprocessart