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Bare Bones

$2,400.00 USD
$2,400.00 USD
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Bare Bones: Acrylic on Canvas
The structure doesn’t lie—only the stories we build around it.

Product Details:

  • Title: Bare Bones

  • Artist: Kelly O'Brien

  • Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

  • Dimensions: 24 x 48 x 1.5 inches

Description:

Bare Bones is a 24x48” acrylic painting that strips things down to their essentials—then electrifies them. Painted in bold neons over a dark background, this skeletal form drips, glitches, and vibrates with motion. It’s a human form, but not quite alive. A spirit, a memory, a map of what used to be or what might come.

Kelly O’Brien created this piece as part of her early experimental phase, using vivid contrasts and anatomical hints to explore what’s left when you peel back identity, narrative, even flesh. The skull glows with circuitry, almost radioactive, while the neck and spine trail off like soundwaves breaking apart.

There’s defiance in this piece. A kind of honesty in its refusal to decorate the truth. It's a reminder: the most honest art doesn't always come dressed up.

Why You’ll Love It:

  • Visceral Minimalism: It says a lot by showing very little—just form, color, and energy.

  • Anatomy Meets Abstraction: A stylized skull and spine drawn from the body but made to feel almost digital.

  • Raw and Early Work: Created in the beginning of the artist’s painting journey, this piece holds the unfiltered urgency of discovery.

  • Powerful Vertical Format: At 24x48", it pulls the eye upward, giving any room a strong emotional axis.

About the Artist:

Kelly O’Brien is a deaf multidisciplinary artist whose work often exists at the intersection of body, spirit, and abstraction. Bare Bones is one of her earliest explorations into form and color, created during a period of intense experimentation and growth.

Placement Suggestion:

Hang Bare Bones where people will actually stop and look—a stairwell, creative workspace, or hallway with directional lighting. It sparks curiosity and invites conversation, especially when paired with other early works from the same period.

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