Ken Richards |
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Ken Richards is a self-taught artist who has been painting professionally since 1992. He now lives in Mykonos, Greece and New Bedford, Mass. His Greek landscapes are what first called attention to his artwork. Private showings in Athens, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles and Charleston, South Carolina resulted in an international reputation for colorful, lively and bold paintings, all acrylic on canvas or linen. Recently his landscapes of the southeastern Massachusetts area have been enthusiastically received. A local scene “Sunset in Winter-Dartmouth” won ‘best of show’ and placed first for oils and acrylics at the Bierstadt Art Society member show. His paintings are now in private collections all over the world including Europe, North America, Australia and South Africa. Ken is also a musician having played with such bands as Marianne Faithful’s group, ‘The Stunners’, and now with ‘The Pearly Baker Band’, ‘The Steampunk Blues Band’ as well as a solo act. His music has allowed him to travel extensively and has afforded him the opportunity to find new and exciting subjects for his art. His travels to the Serengeti Plain in Tanzania, Alexandria and Giza in Egypt, Marrakech in Morocco, (where he performed for the royal family), and the island of Crete have yielded some of his most interesting studies in light. More recently he has found Paris and the north of Italy to be great sources of inspiration. “Everywhere I have traveled I have found the light to be different and exciting. I want my paintings to go beyond the mere representation of shape and color to reveal the emotional rhythms, impressions and sheer delight in experiencing what the planet has to offer. I want to share my passion for these places I’ve traveled.” “I am trying for a spontaneous ‘seizing’ of the information before me and translating this into a particular picture making vocabulary with Nature as the teacher.” |
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