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Susannah Kelly — Visual Art

Working in two separate mediums: Line illustration. Digital photo collage.
Subject matter/themes: animals and nature in surreal settings.
The Hatmakers Dream and My Little Artist: black and white line illustration series.
When My City Was Magic: digital collage series; imagination in the time of Covid

West village wizards’ almanac

When My City Was Magic video. 14 minutes of slides touring the black and white streets of downtown NYC during the pandemic….and then there is color…and magic!
Turn up the volume to hear the soundtrack.

Sunset and dining at the Empire Diner

Rowdy and Arnie attend the Westbeth 50 th anniversary exhibit. Appreciation of Edith Stephen.

Rowdy and Arnie pass through the exhibit one last time before they venture out to see other public art work.

Says it all.

Come on in,the show continues here.

Arnie and Rowdy assist in the proper arrangement of photos.

Rowdy greets Arnie and holds the door open for him.

Rowdy and Arnie tour the courtyard of another series of murals and painted walls at City As School

Helping out

The conclusion of merriment and celebration of Spring at Sheridan Square. Mitzvah anyone?

Checking out City As School courtyard and all the different artwork.

When the view down below could use some improvement. The Highline.

Bleecker Street rejuvenation.

Welcome to Bleecker Street, where all creatures are welcome.

Bleecker street park and how much better it could be.

The Magic gardner. Westbeth courtyard

The Magic gardner, #2. Westbeth courtyard.

The Magic gardner, #3. Westbeth courtyard.

Looking east from The Highline. Dreams into reality.

An offering. Pier 26. Chelsea, Hudson River.

Conference via zoom with my team.

If you don’t go out, they will come to you. Mom’s painting over couch.

Next best thing to having dogs as my house guests.

Hudson Pier. Where the geese and their gang convene.

I swear, I leave my chair for 2 minutes to warm up my coffee....and they take over the place.

Take heart human....Spring is coming.

Wanted poster for community collaboration. Posted March 1, 2021.
Background image: animals rejoicing and reaching out to touch the essence of Spring.
Location: Hudson River Park Pier looking east to New Jersey.

Basking in the sun, hyenas,African dogs and elephants.
Too lovely to be enemies, especially when the waterfront is so welcoming.

Into Spring, Volume 6: When My City Was Magic.
Location: Hudson River Pier, walking south.

Pruning, planting and preparing for Spring.

The Lookout.
Hudson River pier with celebratory wildlife and one woman at the viewing apparatus wearing a Hello Kitty backpack.

Rejoicing because Spring is coming.
Hudson River Pier, late February.

The thank you sign is real, the happy jumping sheep....virtual.
Hudson River Pier.

Black and white thaws into spots of color.
Spring is coming.

Facing New Jersey at Hudson River Pier.

Huddling for warmth on the Highline.

Hudson River Waterfront.
Cherry Blossoms mark the shift in a black and white world.

When my city was Magic: Communion
Highline, Whitney, P.S 41 Elementary School, and other parts of Greenwich Village.
Places I frequent and have many memories of going back to childhood and into today.
Watching this part of the city undergo one change after another.

Waiting for the winter show to begin.

At The Whitney.

Greeters at The Whitney.

Meeting of hearts and minds on the Plinth. Highline.

Prairie Dog convention at The Shed. Opening ceremonies start in 5 minutes.

My old elementary school.

First day of after school activities in the time of Covid.

Showing up to play.

Automatic Slims....corner of Bank St.

Paying respects at the BLM mural at Union Square.

A prompt consisting of 4 questions to accompany each picture from When My City Was Magic.
Intention: to reach a wider audience of participants who can write,draw or tell stories based on these questions.
Intention: outdoor/indoor exhibit of these images accompanied by artist talk and storytelling workshops.
Intention: wider audience exposure via all digital platforms.

illustrations from alphabet remembrance dedicated to my mother Sonia Gechtoff.
Following illustrations and text from remembrance My Little Artist by Susannah Kelly.

Three panel pull out page from My Little Artist .

Cover to My Little Artist by Susannah Kelly

Introductory page from My Little Artist. Montage in ink,depictions of my mother working in her studio,her mother holding a dog, the dogs I board in our home and use as models.

the greeters are playing while they await the grand opening.
From volume 5: Westbeth./When My City Was Magic.
A virtual party on site, attended by the good will ambassadors
from Art of Dog studios.