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1. Defying Gravity and Other Forces, 2007, oil and enamel
     on board, 24” x 24”
2. Gush, 2007,oil and enamel on wood, 10” x 10”
3. It’s a tribute to me, all the things you couldn’t see, 2007,
     oil, enamel, and spray paint on wood, 16” x 20”
4. It’s Impossible Now, 2007, oil and enamel on wood,
     6” x 6”
5. It’s Impossible Now, alternate view
6. My ears popped and I could see, 2007, oil, enamel, and
     spray paint on wood, 12” x 12”
7. Garlands, 2006, oil and enamel on wood, 6” x 8”
8. Precarious, 2007, oil and enamel on paper, 6” x 6”
9. Awkward Meeting, diptych, 2007, oil and enamel and
     canvas, , 5” x 5” each
10. Awkward Meeting, alternate view
11. Scoptophobia, 2007, oil, enamel, and spray paint on
        board, 2’ x 3’
12. Ultramarine:  Guest of Honor, 2007, oil and enamel on
        board,  2’ x 2’
13. Vantage Point, 2007, oil, enamel, and spray paint on
        board,  18” x 24”
14. Clear as day, 2007, oil and enamel on wood, 12” x 12”
15. Lower Left #1, 2007,oil and enamel on wood, 8” x 8”

Contact Information
Philadelphia, PA
tel: 215-463-1736
e-mail: kelliannemcc@verizon.net
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
Revealing Possibilities

My earliest notions of happiness have to do with drawing and coloring. I didn't know it then, but even in kindergarten I was trying to attain the state of mind that Robert Henri writes about in The Art Spirit:
"The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of being, a state of high functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence. In such moments activity is inevitable its result is but a by-product of the state, a trace, the footprint of the state. These results, however crude, become dear to the artist who made them. They are likewise interesting to others because they are to some extent readable and reveal possibilities of greater existence."
                Robert Henri, The Art Spirit

The attainment of this state is akin to feeling my way around a dark room, led by another sense, an internal compass which guides me toward my subconscious with a hypnotic lucidity. Being in this state enables me to leave my footprint of emotion-saturated color, flickering pattern, and awkward beauty. My offering to the world. Giving myself over to this compass produces an almost addictive sensation of trepidation, like rollercoaster butterflies. I can only hope to illicit the feeling I've felt in the presence of any great work of art. Something sublime. An affirmation that paintings are worth painting. An ache for what's possible.

Lingering obsessions: paint, color-a diary of color, tension played out with strange meetings of color, dichotomy, a dual nature, the id vs. the superego, deliberation vs. impulse, starkness and lushness, building and destroying, lopsidedness, struggle, the trance of pattern, strings of lights, bursts of dazzle, existing with conflict-internally and externally, visual opulence, the sensation of flooding.

Education
2004
Abington Memorial Hospital Dixon School of Nursing,
Abington, PA
Diploma in Nursing

1992
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
BFA, Painting

Selected Exhibitions

2007
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours South Philly Group Show, Art@Sophi, Philadelphia, PA

Absolutely Abstract, Philadelphia Sketch Club
Philadelphia, PA

2004
The Parlour, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Journeys: Alumni Exhibition, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Big Jar Books, Philadelphia, PA

1994
Small Works, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Borders Books, Philadelphia, PA