About the Artist
Bonnie Kennedy is an American fine artist an illustrator based in the DC metro area. She received her AFA from the Maryland School of Art and Design, where she was awarded the Gudelsky Merit Scholarship, and two juried awards for her thesis exhibition. She attended the Visual Arts Center advanced art magnet program at Albert Einstein High School for all four years of high school. She works primarily in oils to create figurative paintings through the lens of magical realism.Featured Work
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Featured Work: Photos
Persephone
Oil paint
2021
16 x 20" Oil on Canvas
Pre-Raphaelite style self portrait as Persephone.
Plagues under a Red Sun
Oil paint
2021
A self portrait done during the summer of 2021 when the cicadas emerged during the Covid 19 pandemic, and the fires on the west coast made the air brown and the sun red.
For Sale
$1,300.00
Above Water
Oil paint
2022
A portrait of a fellow artist and friend, depicted in the stillness of a lake with water lilies, surrounded with the chaos of flying fish.
For Sale
$1,800.00
Baltimore, 2015
Oil paint
2020
A scene depicting unrest in Baltimore after another citizen is killed by police.
The Opportunity of Disaster
Oil paint
2020
A psychological self portrait painted during the pandemic in 2020, featuring wolves, fire, and nature as aspects of the mind.
Invisible Passenger
Oil paint
2023
A homeless person riding the DC metro with the capitol building beside him.
For Sale
$1,300.00