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Kelley McGee

drawing...is the necessary beginning of everything [in art], and not having it one has nothing. -Vas

About Me

My name is Kelley McGee and I am a fine art painter. I was born and raised in San Diego, California and I continue to survive and work here to this day. I have been studying and working in the art community since the age of three when my father would draw with me for hours with graphite and notebook paper on the kitchen table. My schooling began in 7th grade and continues still. My advanced education began with the Academy of the Arts University in San Francisco for one full year where I studied the foundations of my art career, including still lives, nudes, sculpting, color theory, painting, charcoal, graphite, pen and ink, watercolor and graphic design. I ran a small muraling business after returning to San Diego. I worked and completed a total of 7 murals in the year following my return, ranging from formal landscapes to animated bible characters. After a year of freelance work I returned to school where I currently attend Palomar College in San Marcos, California. I study art history with an emphasis in museum education. If I can’t spend all of my time in the studio I’ll spend some of it in the museum. Other than studying, I paint. I paint whatever I see that imprints itself into my mind. Sometimes it’s the sunset off of a pier or a rose my mother grew, and sometimes it’s the sadness in my heart or the love of a rock star.My life is not worth living if I can’t be surrounded by my art.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Those of you interested in learning about art, and how to create art work.

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Music:

Radiohead Bob DylanThe Pixies Tool

Movies:

Not a big television and movie watcher. Saw that Sin City movie and thought that it was awesome, very visually stimulating, amazing! I like movies that are kinda artsy fartsy, i'll admit it. I like foreign films also, (picked that habit up from 5 years of French classes). Indie films are good too, loved Million Dollar Baby. Go Star Wars!! Of course, and The Hitchhikers Guide was OK to.

Television:

no TV.. TV rots the mind and eats away at the soul.

Heroes:

My Father and my students

My Blog

Choices

I was reading through some of my blogs and I had a couple of minutes to kill do I figured I would right another. I find it silly the things people chose to "do" to each other. Like how pres. Bush chos...
Posted by Kelley McGee on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:08:00 PST

So you wanna be an art star...

Well, I got a new job. I am now an art teacher for mickey's Art School in downtown Esco. YEAH!!!!! I'll be teaching Drawing and comp. Beginning and Intermediate. And Color and Desgin.... duhh. So yeah...
Posted by Kelley McGee on Tue, 30 May 2006 12:39:00 PST

For my mom:

My mom is the kind of mom who makes you dinner every night, and it's a dinner that tastes good. The kind of mom who refuses to make cookies or sweets because she really cares about my health and the w...
Posted by Kelley McGee on Sun, 14 May 2006 09:21:00 PST

Summer time........

So it's the summer again, well almost. It feels like the summer again. In a half an hour I'm suppose to be at work (hell) and I've been working all morning. I took the best class last semester that, f...
Posted by Kelley McGee on Sat, 13 May 2006 12:29:00 PST

fun survey... why not?

----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: Brian Date: May 1, 2006 8:18 AM Aside from being an embarrassing waste of time, this survey is pretty fun for everyone. you should read ...
Posted by Kelley McGee on Tue, 02 May 2006 10:54:00 PST

The rest is up to schmoops

1) What stickers do you have on your car? A lone Fabulous Rudies sticker 2) What posters do you have in your house? Umm well we have the x-ray Homer Simpson head and the George Harrison/ Bob Marley...
Posted by Kelley McGee on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:57:00 PST

I hope one day I'm as super rich as you!!!! :P

So I have a question, Hasn't anybodies parents ever told them that "being modest is being a godess?" My mom sure did!!! Granted I am by no where even close to being as modest as they come, but at leas...
Posted by Kelley McGee on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:09:00 PST

Help I have a BIG ISSUE!!!

Ok, first let me explain what happened: This morning/ after noon, around 11:30a I went to work. Now my boss is a big jerk. He yells at me and is rude and sometimes really inappropriate about it. So a...
Posted by Kelley McGee on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:00:00 PST

Weddings Galore!!!

It seems like everytime I turn around SOMEONE is getting married, or thinking about getting married. How come I am the only one NOT READY. It's not the age thing, cause these people who are getting ma...
Posted by Kelley McGee on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 04:59:00 PST

Happy New Year (photos)

Well, it's New Years!!! Happy 2006!!! And already with the resolutions... This year I resolve to drop the weight I gained, Have more paitence for the rude and ignorant, work for and achieve a 3.8 gpa,...
Posted by Kelley McGee on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 01:25:00 PST