The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Ken Christensen
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Ken Christensen
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"I try to glorify the mundane and raise it to a surprising intensity for
the viewer to recognize the often overlooked beauty surrounding us. I
am more a draughtsman than a colorist although I am mostly known for my
bold use of color in the manner of the French Fauves. I enjoy the
challenge and fun of trying different mediums and techniques. More than
anything I love working onsite where I am most capable of shaping
reality to create something beautiful. Great art is truer than real
life." |
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Ken's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Ken-Christensen
Artist: Ken ChristensenTitle: Santa Barbara Street Scene Size: 28" x 22"
Medium: Oil Presentation: Frame Included
Description: A delightful view of the charming streets of Santa Barbara Artist Information
| Website: | www.kenchristensen.net
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| | Biography: | Ken
Christensen is a plein air painter known for bold and colorful
landscapes. He is a native of Michigan (born 1951) and graduate of
Michigan State University. He began his career exclusively as a
watercolor painter in Traverse City, Michigan but after five years he
moved to Europe where he remained for ten years. He lived in London for a
year, France for eight years, and one year in San Sebastian, Spain.
While in Europe he gradually shifted to oil painting by studying with
Parisian artists and working in the Louvre Museum as an official
copyist. He had three one man shows in Paris, one in St Tropez, and two
in Italy. He met his wife in Spain and they returned to the U.S. in
1989. He then alternated his time between Santa Fe, New Mexico in the
winter and Northern Michigan in the summer where he ran his own gallery
and used book store. In 1999 he moved to California, first to Salinas
and then to San Luis Obispo. He currently resides in Los Osos, CA. He is
the founder of The New Fauves, an international group of painters who
work in the Fauvist style. Ken is a noted painter, award winner, and
teacher. He exhibits widely in the U.S and France.
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| | Exhibitions: | The
Gang of Four David Stiffler Architecture Offices
Traverse City, Michigan 1976, 1977. Solo Exhibition
Galerie Espace 18
Paris, France 1983. Solo Exhibition Au
Franc Pinot Paris, France
1984, 1985. Solo Exhibition Bistrot des
Lices St. Tropez, France 1984.
Solo Exhibition The Harbour Inn
Harbor Springs, MI 1984, 1985, Three
Person Exhibition Linda McAdoo Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico 1991. Two Person Exhibition
Linda McAdoo Gallery Santa Fe, NM
1993. Solo Exhibition The Harborside Inn
Harbor Springs, MI 1991, 92, 93, Two
Person Exhibition Bergsma Gallery
Grand rapids, MI 1994, 97, 98,99. Two Person
Exhibition Tvedten Fine Art
Harbor Springs, MI 1997, 99. Solo Exhibition
San Luis Obispo Art Museum San Luis
Obispo, CA 2002. Solo Exhibition
Cal-Booth Gallery Paso Robles, CA
2002. Solo Exhibition San Luis Artists'
Gallery San Luis Obispo, CA 2003. Solo
Exhibition The Inn at Morro Bay
Morro Bay, CA 2004. Three Person Exhibition
Galerie du Coin St.
Tropez, France 2006. Two Person Exhibition Grand
Gallery Ada, MI 2009. Solo
Exhibition Art is for Everyone Gallery
Baywood Park, CA 2009. Solo Exhibit
Thomas Moser
San Francisco Guest Artist
Gallery at Marina Square Morro Bay, CA. Every
San Luis Obispo Plein Air Festival for the past ten years. The Carmel
Art Festival eight times, award winner in both Workshop at the San Luis
Bay Inn, Avila Beach. Numerous private workshops |
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| | Awards: | Many awards in group exhibits. Nationwide Founder of The New Fauves. Author of five books |
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| | Education: | Michigan State University Northern Michigan. CollegeL'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris |
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