Art By Gwen Kaelin
The official page for Art By Gwen Kaelin, run by artist Gwedolyn Elizabeth Kaelin.
31/03/2023
A year ago this month I made this account to get a fresh start with everything. I think it ended up been a really good year, with lots of healing despite everything. And some really beautiful and unexpected miracles✨
Thank you to everyone who’s stuck with me so far and joined my life since last year💜
17/11/2022
River City✨⚜️
🎶 “Big wheel keep on turnin’,
Proud Mary keep on burnin’…” 🎶
My home city and the place I was born: Louisville, Kentucky.
Watercolor and gouache, painted 2022.
03/09/2022
September in Kentucky✨
This photo was taken September last year. I posted it on Instagram a year ago today, and within the hour, the most traumatizing experience of my entire life began.
September (and autumn in general) used to me my favorite time of year, and now it’s nothing but a season-long traumaversary. This is my first year dealing with the anniversaries of everything those horrible people did to me a year ago. The truth about their lies and betrayal would have surely gone public anyway without this photo, but for some reason it all began today.
16/06/2022
Swan Twins✨
Acrylic on canvas, painted 2022.
A birthday gift for a Gemini friend on June 9th❤️🦢✨
16/06/2022
Daydreaming writer✨
My first attempt at a photographic self-portrait.
04/06/2022
My uncle’s lily.
Like my mother, my uncle was an avid gardener and loved plants and flowers. So when he passed away in 2006 he was honored by having a lily created and named for him.
It’s called Dick Wicke (Hemerocallis), and it’s far more beautiful than any watercolor can capture.
04/06/2022
Hand and a Hummingbird✨
Sketch I made when I was sixteen, using my own hand as a reference. I’ve always viewed God as a hummingbird.
Prints will be available on my website soon.
04/06/2022
Space Ace Dragon✨♠️🐉🪐✨
🖤🤍💜
Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈🌈
11/05/2022
“As Quickly As It Started”
Taken a year ago today, May 10th, 2021.
11/05/2022
“False Hope”
Taken a year ago today, May 10th, 2021.
01/05/2022
“There’s Hope in the Forest”
An original work I painted years ago that’s inspired by a scene from my book. Updated it for a watercolor canvas.
Still working on my online store but this will be available to buy as a print there soon✨
20/04/2022
Cogito Ergo Ver Est.
I think, therefore it is spring.
(I was taking photos of the flower crowns I made for my online store and accidentally did something artsy✨)
12/04/2022
I have business cards✨😊
I was told all my life I should grow up to be an artist and sell my work, but I always struggled with giving away my drawings and paintings, and hated the idea of taking requests and having to labor on artwork that meant nothing to me or that my heart just wasn’t in. Learning that I could make and sell prints of my own work was a life-changer, and I’ll be working on that the rest of this year.
I’ve been updating my website (focusing primarily on art, now — no longer marketing myself as simply an author), and working on creating an online store. One of these cards will be sent with every order. Still working on finishing up some pieces, making prints, and just overall getting everything set up and organized.
Be sure to follow me at Gwen Kaelin✨