Tag: Seattle
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130-foot mural in Seattle, Washington
My Longest Mural to Date Each mural is incredibly different. What I love about painting is that you never know what to expect. Each client, wall, city, and place have their own stories to tell. This mural has connected students and neighbors to their community to feel a deeper sense of connection and belonging. That…
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Keen + Seattle Lyft Collaboration
In June I teamed up with Urban Artworks and Lyft in Seattle to create a team-building mural at the new Lyft driver location off Industrial and Airport road in Seattle. The style of the collaborative work was that similar to paint by numbers. I created an outline and the team filled in the shapes with…
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Four Shows and Three days in Seattle!
We rode from Port Townsend to Seattle and I got to ride over the Hood Canal bridge. It was temporarily opened for a boat to go through so we were able to ride it without cars moving which is special considering it would of been a loud and polluted bridge with all those…
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Couths Buzzards Books Installation, Greenwood Seattle
This piece was very special to me at 7 feet by 5 feet the painting was dedicated to Ms. Ruby who passed away at the young age of 18 after a fight with cancer. An amazing woman that I was so fortunate to meet through the eyes of her family, friends and amazing community. The…
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Ballard Kiss Cafe Solo Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Proud to announce for the month of January 2015 I will be displaying my work at Ballard Kiss Cafe in Ballard, Washington. I am super excited as it is a lot of my new work. Featured are 12 different acrylic pieces, its a great show be sure you check it out! Thank you Ballard Kiss…
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Mexico Flashback
Here is a photo from a friend of mine who is still in Mexico and he just it sent my way. Uno is his name. It gives great perspective and look into the Lumerian Embassy Mural I painted in the Yucutan in May. As winter, rain and cold are approacing in Seattle, I am thinking…
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New Molly Keen Studio at Gasworks Gallery, Seattle
This month of September I opened a studio space to create artwork. The space is in the community of Gasworks Gallery where artists have separate creative spaces to work in. It is super important for me to separate my work space and my daily life as it creates a different flow and motivation. I am excited…
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Seattle Wedding Piece
Did I mention custom paintings that make great wedding gifts? I also do special pieces if you want to give a gift of art to a friend getting married! To celebrate the marriage of my good friend Peter Ackley and Jessica Burke I custom made this piece. The wedding was in Chelan, Washington and…
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Yoga Teacher Training, Mazunte, Mexico
Welcome to Mazunte home of lushious beaches, skinny palm trees, liters of organ juice, sultry surfing, vortex magnetic sunsets, star gazing dream, yogi lifestyle, live music rocking han sessions, fry hot heat loving, mediation haven, kind of place. Mazunte is a small beach town on the Pacific coast of Mexico which is in the…
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6 Points to Remember while Traveling.
1.) Find out the Truth for yourself. If a fellow traveler tells you about their experience visiting a place, hostel, excursion, or something to do, take it with an open mind and filtered lens. You will only know the truth once you experience it for yourself. Too many times someone had told me so and so…
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Goodbye South America
Today I started a new adventure. I left South America for a different America. No, not quite the States but I am in Mexico where I will receive a 300 hour yoga training course in a beautiful community and with my lovely friend Carolyn from California. It makes me sad to leave so soon, even…
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A Mural at The Gottardinis Finca en Tupungato, Mendoza Region
The Weeping Willow Mural, Tupungato, Argentina. Welcome to the Gottardini’s, the farm of love and care! What: A large mural of a “arbol saucey” which means willow tree in English. Inspired by the energy the actual tree they had on their property it was reminded me of my childhood on vashon island because we had…
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Sailing around Cabo de Hornos, Cape Horn.
Rivers of ink tell the tale of Cabo de hornos, Cape Horn with silent witness of tragedies, victories and illusions. Modern boats, strong tides and weather forecast help present day sailors to round the infamous rock in relative tranquility. The way there can be long and tough with thousands of miles of rough waters and…
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Sailing Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams
Boat rocking cradle-like in sea of tranquility. The sea comes with a switch to an instant storm with gusts of wind and rain. There is a battlefield of albatross attacking seals and wind blowing waves forcing the sailboat dead into the wind at a standstill. Coves, bays, channels and passages lined beautifully with jagged mountains…
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Learning to Sail in Patagonia – Chile and Argentina
Fierce windy breezes, stratus clouds moving rapidly, crispy cold air with glimpses and sprinkles or rain, glimpses of sunshine with dolphins prancing in and out of the water, the sound of banging tools and buzzing machines. The start of the Sailing season in Punta Arenas. We are preparing. I am currently in the thick of…
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Mural Making in Punta Arenas, Chile
Where: Punta Arenas, a buzzing city that is just four hours south of Puerto Natales on the Magellan Straight in Patagonia, Chile. Filled with cruises, sailboats, murals, sculpture, wildlife and high pitch windy shores. I found a homey Chilean restaurant called ¨La Marmita¨ which means the cooking pits owned by Lorena and Alfredo.They immediately took…
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Psychedelic Car Mural in Puerto Natales, Chile
A new mural in Puerto Natales, Chile and it is my first piece in this beautiful country. It also marks the start of something special for my mural making path. I tried spray paint for the first time and on a car for my first time as well. I had a lot of chances and…
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The ¨W¨ Trek, Patagonia Chile
The ¨W Trek¨ of Patagonia in Chile is home to the most special landscape that I have ever experienced in my life. This trip to the National Park of Torres del Paine was full of growing glowing blue glaciers, wise tall majestical mountains, roaring snowy peaks, tiny crunchy pebbles, rocky paths, crisp fresh stream…
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Puerto Madryn Mural, Argentina
Where: Puerto Madryn which is the start of Patagonia and known for whale watching, seals swimming, kayaking and visiting the beautiful peninsula where you can see penguins and if you are lucky orca whales (which actually are a species of dolphins and not whales) trying to attach the lazy seals on the beaches. Apparently, it…
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