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Ken
Elliott
These works are the result of my involvement
in the art community for 20 years. My earliest
training began by aiding an art restorer in
Texas for a short time. The experience was important
in that at the start, I was handling well-regarded
works of art in a variety of mediums and styles.
I also believe my eye was continually improved
by the exposure gained from many years as a
picture framer. I was constantly handling and
looking at artworks destined for museums, galleries,
and important private collections. During this
period I began to develop a sense of what I
felt were important and interesting works of
art. Later I became an art dealer, acquiring
high quality works of art for the gallery and
also for my own collection. When I left Texas
for California, I discovered that I had a very
strong urge to become a painter. In California
I was fortunate enough to be exposed to the
wonderful varieties of the California landscape
and also to work in a photography gallery of
very high standing in San Francisco. I began
to study and teach myself how to draw and work
in pastels. After a few years of study and practice,
I attended a one-month masters painting class
taught by the remarkable landscape artist Wolf
Kahn. This class was my first true exposure
to the philosophies and strategies of making
art as opposed to decoration. A few years later
I began to make Polaroid image transfers. This
medium brought me from the world of landscapes
to the unlimited genre of the camera. Recently
I have been moved to create collages using bits
of printed material, and colored strips of paper
placed against solid fields of color. I am currently
living in Colorado surrounded by beautiful landscapes
and four full seasons. Happily, I am represented
by a number of people and organizations that
show and promote my work in galleries, as consultants,
and by those who reproduce my work in postcards,
prints, and sell my imagery around the world
for reproduction in various media.
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