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Kellianne McCarthy
Studio: Passyunk Square.
Discipline: Painting and drawing.
Education: BFA, Moore College of Art and Design.
 
Flying Kite: Describe your methods for us.
Kellianne McCarthy: Intuitive, like feeling your way around a dark room. I like to think of my subconscious as another frequency that I tap into while working. I work on wood panels. I usually have several pieces started and work in layers, maybe only a few minutes at a time, over a longer period, weeks or months.
 
FK: What have you been up to most recently? 
KM: I've been thinking about the night sky or outer space in a Close Encounters or Star Wars kind of way. I've always been a colorist and lately I've been making dark, bare, taciturn paintings with tiny bursts of color.
 
FK: What’s next up for you? 
KM: Continuing to make art and to balance art, children and generating an income.
 
FK: What inspires you? 
KM: Films, music and other art: Terence Malick, the Coen brothers, Michael Moore and Tim Burton. Continually evolving playlists that get my mind in gear—lately, Julie Sokolow, Don Cherry, Mirah, Chilly Gonzales, Kira Neris and Four Tet. And other art: Beatriz Milhazes, Gerhard Richter, Tom Chimes, the altar pieces at the PMA, and local artists Anne Seidman, Diane Pieri, Sarah Gamble and Hiro Sakagui.
 
FK: Why do you make art? 
KM: I make art because I'm inspired by art. In the day to day of my studio it's easy to forget that what I'm doing is significant. But whenever I'm inspired by a poem or a painting by a well known artist or an artist making art in obscurity, I'm compelled to continue making my own work.
 
FK: What do you want people to see or get out of your work? 
KM: I hope people see a sign of recognition, like a signal from next door or light years away that confirms there is life out there.