Kelly Kilmer
@kellykilmer.bsky.social
🎨 Working Artist & Art Instructor 🖌
Mediums: Acrylic•Art Journaling•Collage
Loves: Books•Film•Trees•Wandering•Art History
Citizen of the World
https://kellykilmer.blogspot.com/p/kelly-kilmer-links.html
Mediums: Acrylic•Art Journaling•Collage
Loves: Books•Film•Trees•Wandering•Art History
Citizen of the World
https://kellykilmer.blogspot.com/p/kelly-kilmer-links.html
All set up for my last workshop of 2025, Rituals & Traditions.
THANK YOU to everyone who has supported my work this year. I greatly appreciate each and every one of you.
THANK YOU to everyone who has supported my work this year. I greatly appreciate each and every one of you.
December 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
All set up for my last workshop of 2025, Rituals & Traditions.
THANK YOU to everyone who has supported my work this year. I greatly appreciate each and every one of you.
THANK YOU to everyone who has supported my work this year. I greatly appreciate each and every one of you.
Some bits of recent life.
What I'm painting, drawing, reading, seeing, using, loving, and working...
"Painting is an essential function of human life. Wherever human beings live, painting has existed and exists. Painting is a language, as with words."
- Diego Rivera
What I'm painting, drawing, reading, seeing, using, loving, and working...
"Painting is an essential function of human life. Wherever human beings live, painting has existed and exists. Painting is a language, as with words."
- Diego Rivera
December 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Some bits of recent life.
What I'm painting, drawing, reading, seeing, using, loving, and working...
"Painting is an essential function of human life. Wherever human beings live, painting has existed and exists. Painting is a language, as with words."
- Diego Rivera
What I'm painting, drawing, reading, seeing, using, loving, and working...
"Painting is an essential function of human life. Wherever human beings live, painting has existed and exists. Painting is a language, as with words."
- Diego Rivera
What does it mean to go deeper into your work?
To investigate what it means to be human.
To pay attention.
The Art Life:
The Feminine in Color
begins 1st of January 2026.
Join us.
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/12/regi...
To investigate what it means to be human.
To pay attention.
The Art Life:
The Feminine in Color
begins 1st of January 2026.
Join us.
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/12/regi...
December 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What does it mean to go deeper into your work?
To investigate what it means to be human.
To pay attention.
The Art Life:
The Feminine in Color
begins 1st of January 2026.
Join us.
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/12/regi...
To investigate what it means to be human.
To pay attention.
The Art Life:
The Feminine in Color
begins 1st of January 2026.
Join us.
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/12/regi...
Following my inner compass and what guides me.
Art is not a distraction.
Art is not entertainment.
Art is a way of thinking, moving, and being in the world.
Art is not a distraction.
Art is not entertainment.
Art is a way of thinking, moving, and being in the world.
December 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Following my inner compass and what guides me.
Art is not a distraction.
Art is not entertainment.
Art is a way of thinking, moving, and being in the world.
Art is not a distraction.
Art is not entertainment.
Art is a way of thinking, moving, and being in the world.
THANK YOU ❤️ to everyone who gave a new home to some of my journals. I appreciate your interest and support.
I'll have them in the mail this week.
I'll have them in the mail this week.
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
THANK YOU ❤️ to everyone who gave a new home to some of my journals. I appreciate your interest and support.
I'll have them in the mail this week.
I'll have them in the mail this week.
New journals available in the am, a new workshop, and thoughts on failure.
More via my substack.
Thank you for your interest and support. ❤️
substack.com/@kellykilmer...
More via my substack.
Thank you for your interest and support. ❤️
substack.com/@kellykilmer...
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
New journals available in the am, a new workshop, and thoughts on failure.
More via my substack.
Thank you for your interest and support. ❤️
substack.com/@kellykilmer...
More via my substack.
Thank you for your interest and support. ❤️
substack.com/@kellykilmer...
Thank you to everyone who spent time with me today.
As always, much thanks and love to my students. If there's interest, I will continue to offer PWYCW in 2026.
(I'll have the recording available by Monday afternoon. I record ALL of my workshops.)
❤️🎨
As always, much thanks and love to my students. If there's interest, I will continue to offer PWYCW in 2026.
(I'll have the recording available by Monday afternoon. I record ALL of my workshops.)
❤️🎨
December 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Thank you to everyone who spent time with me today.
As always, much thanks and love to my students. If there's interest, I will continue to offer PWYCW in 2026.
(I'll have the recording available by Monday afternoon. I record ALL of my workshops.)
❤️🎨
As always, much thanks and love to my students. If there's interest, I will continue to offer PWYCW in 2026.
(I'll have the recording available by Monday afternoon. I record ALL of my workshops.)
❤️🎨
All set up for my last PWYC art journaling workshop for 2025.
THANK YOU to everyone who has taken a workshop and/or supported my work in 2025. YOU make all of this possible.
Been painting all day. Now off to relax and maybe dream in color.
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/juic...
❤️🎨
THANK YOU to everyone who has taken a workshop and/or supported my work in 2025. YOU make all of this possible.
Been painting all day. Now off to relax and maybe dream in color.
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/juic...
❤️🎨
December 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
All set up for my last PWYC art journaling workshop for 2025.
THANK YOU to everyone who has taken a workshop and/or supported my work in 2025. YOU make all of this possible.
Been painting all day. Now off to relax and maybe dream in color.
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/juic...
❤️🎨
THANK YOU to everyone who has taken a workshop and/or supported my work in 2025. YOU make all of this possible.
Been painting all day. Now off to relax and maybe dream in color.
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/juic...
❤️🎨
I see you.
I see your struggles, your fears, your heavy heart.
I see you and your humanity.
❤️
I see your struggles, your fears, your heavy heart.
I see you and your humanity.
❤️
December 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I see you.
I see your struggles, your fears, your heavy heart.
I see you and your humanity.
❤️
I see your struggles, your fears, your heavy heart.
I see you and your humanity.
❤️
Creativity means always learning.
It means asking questions.
It means failing, falling, and learning from it.
It's not a talent.
It's a deep passion.
It means asking questions.
It means failing, falling, and learning from it.
It's not a talent.
It's a deep passion.
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Creativity means always learning.
It means asking questions.
It means failing, falling, and learning from it.
It's not a talent.
It's a deep passion.
It means asking questions.
It means failing, falling, and learning from it.
It's not a talent.
It's a deep passion.
"The Storyteller," acrylic on paper, 2025
I am full of stories and have so much to share. Sit with me. Share your story.
Wrapping up 2025's The Art Life Community Worlshop. I'll be live painting The Storyteller this Friday (later available as a recording in our library.)
Come paint with me.
I am full of stories and have so much to share. Sit with me. Share your story.
Wrapping up 2025's The Art Life Community Worlshop. I'll be live painting The Storyteller this Friday (later available as a recording in our library.)
Come paint with me.
December 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"The Storyteller," acrylic on paper, 2025
I am full of stories and have so much to share. Sit with me. Share your story.
Wrapping up 2025's The Art Life Community Worlshop. I'll be live painting The Storyteller this Friday (later available as a recording in our library.)
Come paint with me.
I am full of stories and have so much to share. Sit with me. Share your story.
Wrapping up 2025's The Art Life Community Worlshop. I'll be live painting The Storyteller this Friday (later available as a recording in our library.)
Come paint with me.
This Saturday...live & later available as a recording.
I keep putting off having to talk about my workshops, but it's my work. I'm a working artist & instructor
My work lights my path, and I hope, the paths of others. I'm not giving up. Not now
Paintbrush, pencil, & scissors in hands
Onward
I keep putting off having to talk about my workshops, but it's my work. I'm a working artist & instructor
My work lights my path, and I hope, the paths of others. I'm not giving up. Not now
Paintbrush, pencil, & scissors in hands
Onward
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This Saturday...live & later available as a recording.
I keep putting off having to talk about my workshops, but it's my work. I'm a working artist & instructor
My work lights my path, and I hope, the paths of others. I'm not giving up. Not now
Paintbrush, pencil, & scissors in hands
Onward
I keep putting off having to talk about my workshops, but it's my work. I'm a working artist & instructor
My work lights my path, and I hope, the paths of others. I'm not giving up. Not now
Paintbrush, pencil, & scissors in hands
Onward
Exposed, acrylic on paper, 2025
End of work year for my online art workshop community, The Art Life.
It's never too late...we'll be talking about our symbols, motifs, and the things we carry in Saturday's two hour workshop.
End of work year for my online art workshop community, The Art Life.
It's never too late...we'll be talking about our symbols, motifs, and the things we carry in Saturday's two hour workshop.
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Exposed, acrylic on paper, 2025
End of work year for my online art workshop community, The Art Life.
It's never too late...we'll be talking about our symbols, motifs, and the things we carry in Saturday's two hour workshop.
End of work year for my online art workshop community, The Art Life.
It's never too late...we'll be talking about our symbols, motifs, and the things we carry in Saturday's two hour workshop.
Create with me:
Juicy Living: a NEW Art Journaling
PWYCW Workshop Series
NOW EVERY 2ND SATURDAY
Saturday 13 December 2025
11 am PST
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/juic...
I hope to see you soon 🎨❤️
Juicy Living: a NEW Art Journaling
PWYCW Workshop Series
NOW EVERY 2ND SATURDAY
Saturday 13 December 2025
11 am PST
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/juic...
I hope to see you soon 🎨❤️
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Create with me:
Juicy Living: a NEW Art Journaling
PWYCW Workshop Series
NOW EVERY 2ND SATURDAY
Saturday 13 December 2025
11 am PST
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/juic...
I hope to see you soon 🎨❤️
Juicy Living: a NEW Art Journaling
PWYCW Workshop Series
NOW EVERY 2ND SATURDAY
Saturday 13 December 2025
11 am PST
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/juic...
I hope to see you soon 🎨❤️
A peek inside my sketchbook.
As a child, I loved pencils. I would have either pencils or crayons with me at all times.
Then, one day, it was decided to put them away. I forgot about them.
As a child, I loved pencils. I would have either pencils or crayons with me at all times.
Then, one day, it was decided to put them away. I forgot about them.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A peek inside my sketchbook.
As a child, I loved pencils. I would have either pencils or crayons with me at all times.
Then, one day, it was decided to put them away. I forgot about them.
As a child, I loved pencils. I would have either pencils or crayons with me at all times.
Then, one day, it was decided to put them away. I forgot about them.
"The Journey," acrylic on paper (study), 2025
This is the time of year that I like to gather the work I've made over the past year and sit with it.
My paintings, drawings, journal entries, art journal pages, all of it are gathered up.
This is the time of year that I like to gather the work I've made over the past year and sit with it.
My paintings, drawings, journal entries, art journal pages, all of it are gathered up.
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"The Journey," acrylic on paper (study), 2025
This is the time of year that I like to gather the work I've made over the past year and sit with it.
My paintings, drawings, journal entries, art journal pages, all of it are gathered up.
This is the time of year that I like to gather the work I've made over the past year and sit with it.
My paintings, drawings, journal entries, art journal pages, all of it are gathered up.
What seeds are you planting today?
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
What seeds are you planting today?
Working, working, working.
New pwyc for December!
New newsletter posted.
Thank YOU for your interest and support. ❤️ 🎨
open.substack.com/pub/kellykil...
New pwyc for December!
New newsletter posted.
Thank YOU for your interest and support. ❤️ 🎨
open.substack.com/pub/kellykil...
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Working, working, working.
New pwyc for December!
New newsletter posted.
Thank YOU for your interest and support. ❤️ 🎨
open.substack.com/pub/kellykil...
New pwyc for December!
New newsletter posted.
Thank YOU for your interest and support. ❤️ 🎨
open.substack.com/pub/kellykil...
Art encourages conversation and discovery. Discoveries in people, places, and ideas. Art helps us to realize how small the world is and how connected we are.
Painting her during this Friday's live painting session in The Art Life (special time is noon this week)
Painting her during this Friday's live painting session in The Art Life (special time is noon this week)
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Art encourages conversation and discovery. Discoveries in people, places, and ideas. Art helps us to realize how small the world is and how connected we are.
Painting her during this Friday's live painting session in The Art Life (special time is noon this week)
Painting her during this Friday's live painting session in The Art Life (special time is noon this week)
More waiting.
Thankfully, I have my on the go sketchbook, printouts to study, and baby pencils.
Thankfully, I have my on the go sketchbook, printouts to study, and baby pencils.
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
More waiting.
Thankfully, I have my on the go sketchbook, printouts to study, and baby pencils.
Thankfully, I have my on the go sketchbook, printouts to study, and baby pencils.
Thinking of autumn as I prepare for Saturday....
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Thinking of autumn as I prepare for Saturday....
Sitting with old work to create new work.
Gleaning inspiration from the colors and feel of autumn to collage and paint something fresh and different.
Gleaning inspiration from the colors and feel of autumn to collage and paint something fresh and different.
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sitting with old work to create new work.
Gleaning inspiration from the colors and feel of autumn to collage and paint something fresh and different.
Gleaning inspiration from the colors and feel of autumn to collage and paint something fresh and different.
Thinking about the world...
Looking towards artists of the past to see how they worked and survived...
Thinking about my role....
Thinking if we don't have hope and we don't collectively work towards something better, well, what else is there?
Looking towards artists of the past to see how they worked and survived...
Thinking about my role....
Thinking if we don't have hope and we don't collectively work towards something better, well, what else is there?
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thinking about the world...
Looking towards artists of the past to see how they worked and survived...
Thinking about my role....
Thinking if we don't have hope and we don't collectively work towards something better, well, what else is there?
Looking towards artists of the past to see how they worked and survived...
Thinking about my role....
Thinking if we don't have hope and we don't collectively work towards something better, well, what else is there?
Color calls to me.
Autumn SINGS to me and fills me with inspiration.
Let's create together.
NEW Workshop:
All the Colors of Autumn
Art Journaling, Painting, and More
Saturday, 22 November 2025
11 AM to 1 PM PST
I hope to see you soon. 🎨❤️🌻
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...
Autumn SINGS to me and fills me with inspiration.
Let's create together.
NEW Workshop:
All the Colors of Autumn
Art Journaling, Painting, and More
Saturday, 22 November 2025
11 AM to 1 PM PST
I hope to see you soon. 🎨❤️🌻
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Color calls to me.
Autumn SINGS to me and fills me with inspiration.
Let's create together.
NEW Workshop:
All the Colors of Autumn
Art Journaling, Painting, and More
Saturday, 22 November 2025
11 AM to 1 PM PST
I hope to see you soon. 🎨❤️🌻
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...
Autumn SINGS to me and fills me with inspiration.
Let's create together.
NEW Workshop:
All the Colors of Autumn
Art Journaling, Painting, and More
Saturday, 22 November 2025
11 AM to 1 PM PST
I hope to see you soon. 🎨❤️🌻
kellykilmer.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...
November is magic time.
The trees reveal an array of color.
Under their spell, I use their beauty as inspiration in a new piece.
Did you know that I have an online art community? We meet several times a month with every Fri reserved as a dedicated paint day. There's always room for someone new.
The trees reveal an array of color.
Under their spell, I use their beauty as inspiration in a new piece.
Did you know that I have an online art community? We meet several times a month with every Fri reserved as a dedicated paint day. There's always room for someone new.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
November is magic time.
The trees reveal an array of color.
Under their spell, I use their beauty as inspiration in a new piece.
Did you know that I have an online art community? We meet several times a month with every Fri reserved as a dedicated paint day. There's always room for someone new.
The trees reveal an array of color.
Under their spell, I use their beauty as inspiration in a new piece.
Did you know that I have an online art community? We meet several times a month with every Fri reserved as a dedicated paint day. There's always room for someone new.