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Ken Kewley Trellis, West Ward, Easton, PA Acrylic on panel 7-1/8 x 9-1/8 inches

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"I have always felt that the appeal of Ken’s work, collages aside, is his revelry in paint. He loves the stuff. Each brushstroke is meant to reveal the tactile lusciousness of the medium. The medium is juicy and fluid. One has to look closely to find the subject matter because the subject is really paint. The figures hidden in the paint are used as an excuse for the celebration..." --Jackie Lima

I tend to like paintings where the abstraction is strong. By this I mean that the paint, the colors and shapes, are distinct, like strong actors in a play. Going towards abstraction does not mean going away from representation. It is more like describing something real my other means than illustration.

Trust your instincts. I try not to worry about what I do not know, what I have been unable to teach myself. My inabilities serve me better than my abilities. That art is not something that is learned and then practiced, it is a form of communication and one is always trying to say something clearer. To love and to be honest, maybe one does not exist without the other and a desire to communicate that, this is what it takes to make art. --Ken Kewley (quoted in Studio Matters)