This is the collective work of New York City-based artist Colleen Keeley. A storyteller with a penchant for atmosphere, Colleen’s work is best described as bold, nostalgic, and spiritual. Her painting, writing, and photography focuses on the dualistic nature of the storms and spirits that exist in people, places, and the imagination of a romantic mind.

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Most of you have seen this, but I want to add it to this account. It’s not a wow drawing. In fact, it’s a little murky and hard to read. It was my first piece after a long break. A self portrait. Let me know how you would answer these que

Inktober Day 6 : Husky. .
Some health issues this year killed my creativity for a spell. It’s hard for me to explore and play when I’m in survival mode. Still rusty, but looking forward to doing a few more of these this month. It’s

Guinevere reimagined. Inspired by my favorite illustrations circa 1992. She looks nothing like the original, but I might recreate some of her scenes. I especially love the last one where she overhears Merlin tell Arthur if he marries her he will lose

More from the Wild Beast series. I spent the night tracing Onfim’s writing and drawings and found a kindred spirit born 700 years before me. Practicing his letters was so tedious, I can see why his mind escaped to battle scenes and imaginary wo

Close-up of a rough sketch from my Apple Procreate class in Grand Central. I hated it so much, I started over right before “share time” because the thought of group sharing after 20 minutes of quick sketching is my nightmare. I went back

“This is what broken people do. They abandon their truest desires. I want you to understand that we never stop being broken. You need to understand that, because it’s much better to work with that and maneuver around it and hack it and tr

Meet François, the peace monster. He’s passionate about artisanal cheeses, bossa nova music, and emotional tv dramas with a strong female lead.
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A lovely friend from school days asked to buy one of the drawings on my site, which naturally made me start tidying up, throwing things in closets, and karate chopping pillows. As a consequence, I fell in love with this drawing for the first time. By

In the 13th century in Russia, there lived a seven year old boy named Onfim. His notes and homework exercises were found scratched in soft birch bark preserved in clay. A series of 17 drawings and writings were uncovered with battle scenes, psalms, a

‘Lately I keep thinking about the time Matt Damon told Jimmy Fallon about how he met Prince. Being Matt Damon, he somewhat awkwardly asked Prince, “So, do you still live in Minnesota?” And Prince turned and looked Matt Damon right i