A Little Piece of My Heart by Gina Kenney
Gina stands with one of her recent word based works
I have been at Creative Clay for a long time. I like to do art, I like to do plays, I like to do homework, and I like to work on the computer. Clay is my favorite, and for me sometimes I want to paint, sometimes I wanna do clay, sometimes I want to draw with markers. It just depends on how I feel.
My favorite type of art is animals and flowers. They are colorful and bright. I like to make rainbows. I pick up the paints like blue, like pink, I draw trees, rainbows. I pick up the paints again and do the letters G-I-N-A. My name - GINA.
Gina works on a drawing
I like dancing and like singing. I used to be in the play Annie. I like to sing; Annie songs, Girls just wanna have fun, Billy Joel, John Bon Jovi, and Cindy Lauper.
It's so wonderful and it is so easy to write words to a song. I like to type it on the computer. I want to write about people who care about me, come see me, you know? I'm famous. I'm a good artist. Because of what I do, I sell my books, and I get a paycheck.
About This Life is a book of poetry and drawings by Gina
Art, sometimes it's sunny, sometimes it's upsetting, sometimes it makes me so happy, it's good to get it out. I like to draw about fun parties, an elephant they dance, trying to do the conga. I could just see the elephant doing the twist and the conga. I draw that, and I enjoy that.
A Poem from Gina's book About This Life:
Give Your Heart a Rest
Give your heart a rest.
Trust in yourself.
Trust in your life right now.
Love in your heart.
Courage.
Your dream might come true today.
Gina stands by Do it for Peace, one of her personal favorites
Recent Exhibitions and Publications:
About This Life, an illustrated book of poetry published 2023
The Good Folk Show, Good Folk Gallery January 2024
Inspire Inclusion Celebrating Women’s History, Good Folk Gallery March 2024
Summertime, Good Folk Gallery July-August 2024
A Folk Art Holiday, Good Folk Gallery November-December 2024
Retrospective 30: Celebrating Women Artists, Good Folk Gallery March 2025