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d great comedic timing big fan posted by kelmurphy at 3 38 pm 0 comments 09 february 2025 happy lunar new year albeit a bit late however i hope this year is finding everyone well it s been a rocky start for sure i used to really hold on to the idea that there were good year and bad years but honestly i am appreciating everyday i m here these days life moves fast and i m just glad to still be spinning around the sun here s my latest new years card in the series of floating boats we are on year six i admit i missed 2020 s and perhaps i had an inner feeling about what was to come only a few months later my last new years card series lasted 10 years and i hope to keep that same number this year s card features the antigua the barkentine antigua has been sailing in european waters for more than half a century the ship was built in great britain in 1957 as a fishing vessel in 1993 the antigua was transformed into her current form a typical three master during the restoration the antigua was re rigged as a barquentine the result is an elegant ship with great charisma and excellent sailing characteristics in 2005 the antigua was acquired by the tallship company after a few years it became clear that the antigua could be further improved gaastmeer architects drew up plans to extend the ship the antigua was one of the first ships for which they developed such plans the antigua was lengthened by 8 metres in 2021 another project was started the deckhouse a place was created where you can keep warm and dry while enjoying the view as you may have guessed it was the vessel i was lucky to sail upon on my arctic adventure she s no longer allowed in the waters around svalbard due to new regulations but i believe she has future trips around norway and southern scandinavia she was a real comfortable ship more soon but happy year of the snake it s my year posted by kelmurphy at 3 50 pm 0 comments 13 january 2025 really missing svalbard the last few days i ve been able to really go back into all of the photos and trip logs of my june 2024 past trip to svalbard a whir of emotions surround it mostly being a sense of nervousness that i ll never be able to go back and see those far off places even more so i miss the barquentine antigua she was the 44th member of the trip and i felt her kind presence the whole time when i was in the arctic i had very little trouble working in my sketchbook and observing all of the amazing details around me back in my studio i am artistically frozen unable to capture or translate all of those amazing emotions i felt back there unable or is is fear i m worried that my limited talent and ability will not be able to capture everything i love about that place i ll keep trying it s why my 2025 new years card is so late posted by kelmurphy at 6 17 pm 0 comments 31 december 2024 contemplating a return well it s nearly the end of another year and five years since i ve posted to my old blog i miss this type of diary entry social media has taken some strange turns and we now see the limitations of the immediate these five years past have been incredible both in their celebrations and losses always fortunate to still be spinning around the sun this year in particular was mind blowing i was fortunate to be able to travel to the arctic circle 80 20 61 n 008 48 46 e to be specific aboard the tall ship antigua accompanied by some of the most incredibly giving and talented artists crew members and guides that i will never forget i still dream of being aboard the ship and the vividness of the midnight sun is so permanently etched into my heart i m on a constant mission to return again soon i ve was fortunate to visit denmark norway svalbard france austria and hungary five of those countries are completely new to me i m still overwhelmed thinking about it antoine and i have now been married for fifteen years but i ve officially known him for over 29 years he s the best friend and loyal partner i could have ever hoped for and many joke that we run an animal menagerie complete with kiwi gaetano chihuahuas matryoshka russian tortoise tampa yellow bellied slider turtle poprocks batman bettas bang green terror cichlid and two stocked aquatic tanks we welcome many fuzzy friends while pet sitting for others throughout the year as well ollie lucy linus chappy william tesla etc the last big news and it s not 100 official just yet but i think i ve sold my second authored book it s only been 22 years since the last one and you may have guessed it it s all about tallships and my mildly recent obsession with sailing 2026 is going to be an amazing 250th anniversary celebration for the united states and i hope my book help usher in the amazing ship parade planned for the eastern seacoast more on that later january will have two new book releases too bea birdsong s adorable goat is the g o a t and the phenom elise broach s bulldozer friends book one wooooooof what a year there s always a mix of emotions at key transitional moments and a new years day is not exempt from this there s the hope of future s promise but also the regrets of opportunities not seized whatever the intensity of the emotion may be it s important to stay present to adapt to this ever changing time that we live in 2025 i think you will be nothing short of cuckoo bananas let s do this happy new year every one ps there s still new beers being had posted by kelmurphy at 5 18 pm 0 comments labels beer books photos work 23 january 2019 which witch is which here s a quick sampling of some quick warm ups and practices i ve been making as of late trying to give costume design a go it s been very fun to create this motley assortment of witches posted by kelmurphy at 7 44 pm 0 comments labels geeky work 29 november 2018 also ahoy oh and since the post in 2017 i ve become an ocean lover so strange i ve fallen in love with sailing you see i don t really love swimming in the water but i love flying upon the water surface at an 18 keeled over angle alas it s the winter months here in new england and the boats are just beginning their winter sleep i ll miss the vitamin d posted by kelmurphy at 11 39 pm 0 comments password holy hannah i finally remembered my password for the blog i was locked out for so long well it s been such a long time since i ve updated so i don t know where to begin truthfully the new year is almost upon us and many projects have come and gone i am happy to say that i am working on a picture book currently and loving every minute of it i d love to update more in the next few weeks phew i m back posted by kelmurphy at 11 32 pm 0 comments labels books work 23 february 2017 cascade i don t consider myself an ocean lover i ve never lived more than a half hour s drive from the seaside and perhaps i ve taken in for granted but for some reason the vastness of the ocean is such a strong metaphor in my work i ve used it frequently in images about fear and the future always looking for a few moments to paint for myself i again found myself drawn to the idea of a lonely ship cutting through the stillness of the water but this time i wanted to clearly show the impending doom to the viewer would our sailor notice the approaching cascade time can only tell posted by kelmurphy at 8 41 pm 0 comments labels work 01 december 2016 it s the most wonderful time of the year it s kraaaaaampus week again posted by kelmurphy at 10 30 pm 0 comments labels work the dead swamp i m so excited to have finished the third painting in my childhood memory series i ve been having so much fun taking a break from other work making these and i have a fourth forming in my mind already the dead swamp is located in southeastern massachusetts and feeds into the larger hockomock swamp in wampanoag the name hockomock translates into place where spirits dwell and my childhood experiences there could corroborate that name during the seventeenth century the hockomock swamp was used as a fortress by the wampanoags against invasion by early white settlers it played a role in king philip s war as a strategic base of operations for metacomet also known as king philip to launch assaults upon nearby white settlements my town was largely unscathed because of the friendship between metcomet and the leonard family who operated the first iron works in the new colony the dead swamp provided not only fish and game but also inland protection from some of the harsher new england seasons while the swampy areas have their beauty of flora and fauna there s a much darker side to this mystical place there have been accounts dating back to the 1700s of will o the wisps or feu follet poltergeists large thunderbirds ghost dogs and larger than life snakes all this makes the provides the perfect combination to fuel a young girl s imagination on one cold fall day this very swamp called our names from just over the hill where the path lead into the swamp we heard a whisper that carried towards us as we biked up the hill first i heard it then my friend there was no denying that this was no ordinary voice and it wasn t the last time that the woods called my name posted by kelmurphy at 1 06 am 1 comments labels geeky work inktober in november or sloooovember for the past few years i ve really been trying to embrace inktober not only because i love ink but also to just get out of my normal daily work routine all of this is easier said than done so my slower than molasses self is still trying to get the last few images done therefore we re in slovember wait damnit i swear when i started this post it was still november it just changed into december well curses i m still going to try and get the last few leaves in by the end of the year i decided that this year i wanted to make a longer series for inktober i tried to do random drawings in the previous year and i would sometimes have too much hesitation on what to draw since i was a small child i ve loved learning bird and their songs so i decided to increase my natural knowledge into native new england trees sure maples and oaks are well known but what i didn t realize was the broad variety that existed as i researched further some of these trees are transient in some trees like the bear oak grow in newly deforested or fire damaged area you don t typically see them in old growth areas this series encouraged me to get out of my studio and take a walk in neighboring woods and fields looking for new leaves and shapes i hadn t noticed before i m thinking of trying out evergreens next october i mean october november december ugh i m so slow posted by kelmurphy at 12 39 am 1 comments labels inktober work 13 september 2016 a long long time ago so much time has passed since my last post and with it so many things have happened 2016 has been a tumultuous year but the urge to push on still exists with much thanks new chapters new projects new resolutions with some more structured time i am hoping this will be the first of more posts here something that i have discovered is integral for the sanity of an illustrator is finding time for yourself sure a walk in the woods is great but what i crave most is the time to make an image just for me i carved away a little time early this year to do just this it s from a long long time ago back on my childhood street with the best friends and neighbors a kid could ask for i grew up close to thick new england swamps rich with folklore and maybe even some mean neighbors scattered within we friends stood up to both real and imagined foes with bravery and on this particular day rotten tomatoes from the garden the kirklands lived beyond the woods and every now and then would try and provoke us into a verbal argument through the tall pines we totally annihilated them that day this is the second of what i hope will be a very long series of remembered childhood moments i m hellbent on trying to capture how special this neighborhood was and how much it s affected my adult psyche it s good to be back and i ve just fallen in love with switchback brewery and i am itching to do a review next time posted by kelmurphy at 9 40 pm 0 comments labels work 18 november 2015 2015 fall class demo each semester i like to take a moment to talk about process and finding one s own method of working i use it as an excuse to paint some moody people while watching the three lives of thomasina one of the best disney film about a cat that brings a family together through her mysterious death and reappearance i sketched this sulky lass posted by kelmurphy at 10 20 am 0 comments labels work 27 october 2015 viterbo 2015 aka the summer i almost melted to death i m slowly catching up with some posts here and i am happily enjoying the new england fall weather as i look back to my month of july spent with fred lynch his family and the journalistic drawing students i remember just how hot it was on those italian streets we had over 25 consecutive days of 95 f and above now i am as i like to say a delicate flower i need 70 or lower ha while i am complaining about the weather i d like to shift focus on the amazing students and fellow faculty members that made this summer one of the most memorable i count myself blessed to be able to sit observe and record the comings and goings of this ancient town viterbo is a lively gritty city full of tiny alleys and bizarre adventure i just needed a few months to cool off afterward here are a few of the scenes i was able to capture posted by kelmurphy at 10 27 pm 1 comments labels italy work 13 october 2015 inktober and the alien fall is in full swing but temperatures are quite lovely perfect weather to take the saucer out a few more times before the first few flakes fall my dog is quite bizarre in all senses of the word so it only made sense to have her looming over evergreen street while i am not able to participate everyday during inktober i love the excuse it gives me to try something fun and maybe a little silly posted by kelmurphy at 9 54 am 1 comments labels inktober work 06 january 2015 floral inspiration today as the temperatures struggle to go beyond 17 i am looking at j j grandville s les fleurs animées i was able to purchase this book for my husband at christmas along with another featuring his amazing ink work grandville s characters and scenes border on the absurd but always have such an amazing accuracy of personality and expression j j grandville was born at nancy in northeastern france to an artistic and theatrical family the name grandville was his grandparents professional stage name grandville received his first instruction in drawing from his father a painter of miniatures at the age of twenty one he moved to paris and soon afterwards published collection of lithographs grandville s ability for political provocation made his work much in demand he worked in a wide variety of formats from his first job illustrating the parlor game old maid to illustrated newspaper strips of which he was a master one of grandville s supreme achievements at a 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