Exhibition: PACE Center, January 16, 2015

The PACE Center in Parker, Colorado 2015

Photos from the opening reception Friday, Jan 16, 6-8 pm. 

The exhibit includes my works in a number of mediums: oil, pastel and monotypes.
The exhibit continues through Saturday, March 7, 2015


My sincere thanks for everyone that was a part of putting this show together and for all the friends and patrons that came by and sent their good wishes.
It's not an everyday event for an artist to have a survey show. This is an honor and a thrill for me.

Some of these works are for sale and others are in my personal or private collections.
View all the available works for sale in this show and with my galleries on my website. Feel free to contact me directly should you have any questions.

New Catalog: A Survey of Paintings and Prints at the PACE Center

This exhibition catalog can be purchased at the PACE Center or online. 30 color pages and text by the artist. $10 plus $4 postage.  purchase here


Photos from the opening night

Exhibition: Open Press 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Denver

Blue Skies II

Monotype from two plates and chine collie

image, 23 1/2 x 17 7/8

framed, $1950.

Trees and Slope I
Monotype from two plates and chine collie

image, 14 7/8 x 29 7/8

framed, $1950.

I am honored to be invited to this prestigious exhibition in the Civic Center celebrating Mark Lunning's 25 years as a master printmaker and artist in Denver. He is the owner of Open Press here in Denver and has printed for hundreds of artists over his very successful career. Thank you for including me Mark!

Open Press 25th Anniversary Exhibition

A Celebration of Tradition and Experimentation of the Fine Art Print

The exhibit is on display now.

Artist Reception:
Friday, February 28, 2014 5:30-8:00 pm. Continues through April 12.
Ken is one of the 30 featured artists in this group show, exhibiting two of his monotypes.

Location:
McNichols Civic Center
144 West Colfax, Denver, CO map

Art Tech: Worthy Art Apps

From the NY Times, August 25, 2013 (exerpted)
Full article

I'm recommending one of my personal favorites, the Art Authority at the bottom of the post. You can zoom in and really see these pantings close-up. - Ken

Dreaming With Van Gogh
By J. D. BIERSDORFER


This year is the golden anniversary of a classic art-education text, “Interaction of Color,” by Josef Albers, a Bauhaus artist who left Germany for the United States in 1933. His influential book of color theory was originally published by Yale University Press as a limited silk-screen edition in 1963 and became a paperback in 1971. Now, INTERACTION OF COLOR has arrived as an engaging immersive iPad app (one chapter free to try; $9.99 for the full app).

Color theory also comes into play in VAN GOGH’S DREAM ($9.99 for iPad), an inventive multi­media biography of the artist and his techniques. Text, high-resolution images, digitized letters, dynamic maps and video clips from experts at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam combine to recount the life of the volatile Dutch ­Post-­Impressionist.

As with any solid educational app, “Van Gogh’s Dream” shows as well as it tells. In the section about his methods, the text explains: “To create a harmonious painting, yet exaggerating the hues to enhance their power of expression, van Gogh used his own formula based on a play of contrasts between complementary colors.” A touch-sensitive chromatic wheel on the same screen lets users instantly change the hues on a sample canvas to see the effects of color contrast in action. (Although this app is currently iPad-only, van Gogh enthusiasts toting Android devices can get a biography and 800 photographs of his paintings with the free VAN GOGH GALLERY app.)

As great as tablets can be for touch-based actions, today’s sharp color screens also show off detailed photographs and images quite nicely. For students and art lovers looking for a general guide that doesn’t strain the shoulder, there’s ART AUTHORITY ($9.99 for iPad; $4.99 for iPhone and Kindle Fire), featuring the work of more than 1,000 major Western artists from ancient to contemporary times.
The app’s overall visual design isn’t particularly original: tappable paintings on a museum wall lead to eight different historical art periods. But it conveniently rounds up images of some 65,000 paintings and sculptures, and information related to them. Images can be expanded to full-screen views for greater appreciation. Earnest (but not infallible) background particulars and artist biographies come courtesy of Wikipedia.

True, apps can’t replace the experience of gazing at art in person. They can, however, bring art closer to the curious in other ways.

Catalog: The Artful Home, Fall 2012

Happily, my oil "At the Meadows Edge" has been included in the Artful Home Fall Preview catalog, 2012. The oil is 40 x 40 inches, $5600 unframed. This image is also available as a limited edition giclee in three sizes, $300 - $790. You can contact them at 877-223-4600.

I've been working with Artful Home for over 10 years now and they have brought me success and great exposure. This catalog will be mailed out to over 300,000 households!

Details on the Artful Home site
Sign up for their catalog my mail or email or view it on your ipad.