Architecture and Other Works | Kelly Best Bourgeois

• St. Francis, Taos

  Oil, Panel, 14" x 11". Statue of St. Francis from St. Francis de Asis Church and Plaza at Ranchos de Taos, N.M. This image is from a cold but sunny morning as hymns wafted from inside the thick walls of the mission chur…

• Celebrate!

  Oil, Canvas, 20" x 20" x 1.5". Celebrate will be part of the upcoming exhibition in the South Gallery of Sabine Street Studios in Sawyers Yards opening Dec. 10th

• Emergence

  Oil and Cold Wax, Canvas, 48" x 36". The angel in Emergence is based on a plein air painting from one of the historic Galveston cemeteries. She stepped into this world just in time to celebrate All Souls Day, All Saints…

• No Wall Flower

  Oil, Linen, 16" x 12"

• Fireworks at the Jetties

  Oil, Canvas, 14" x 14". sold to Ann Arthur 2024

• Ocean Altar

  Oil, Canvas, 14" x 33". Honoring the glory of the sunrise over the ocean, this tryptic has a finished wood panel backing and is hinged for placement on a shelf or wall.

• The Lowdown on the Updraft

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 36". These pelicans in graceful flight and formation are silhouetted against coastal clouds. This painting was part of the two artists Sawyer Yards Exhibition in Houston in recognition of the United N…

• The House on the Hill

  Oil, Canvas, 28" x 22". The neat little house is in the near distance, not too far off, and easily accessible. The lights are warm and inviting, and I can imagine The House on the Hill being a center of family life thro…

• Fireworks

  Oil, Canvas, 48" x 36". Fireworks piercing the dark night sky and lending their temporal splendor of light and reflection

• Morning Prayers

  Oil, Panel, 20" x 16". Mission Espiritu Santo at sunrise. I was first drawn to paint this historic mission from the west facing front late one afternoon. The front had a golden glow as the sun descended toward the horiz…

• Thunder Ahead 14" x 11"

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14". One of those gorgeous thunder clouds that form in the summertime. I love the way different colors of the spectrum are diffused and bounce around those giant clouds and the atmosphere surrounding t…

• Mission Espiritu Santo de Zuniga

  Oil, Canvas, 36in x 48in

• Fresh Paint

  Oil, Canvas, 14" x 14". There is so much our rail system and big silos symbolize in our country, not to mention the Texas and American flags. They all mean so many different things to different people, but I'd like to t…