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Keith Linwood Stover - Curator
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The Cyber Art Show
"Bringing the Museum to You"
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
“I am inspired by my own travels. Places and people offer me new scenarios and feelings to pour into my painting. Europe, USA, Asia, all cultures suggest diversity, to which I want to be the eye witness. On the other hand, art is a lens that translates the outside world for me to understand it and connect to humanity.
My way to achieve this is either paint on location, or take notes and draw sketches when I travel. I strive to work by memory, which requires a deeper observation; I select only what really reso-nates within. If I use my own photos I draw an edited version of the subject. Then I decide my own color arrangement, according to my mood and pre-mix a limited number of colors on my palette. At this point the brushwork should be (or at least appear) the easiest and most effortless. In other words, the painting should paint itself!
Ultimately I want the viewer to get lost in a timeless story. It's my highest reward. And a bet every single time.”
Gallery #666
May 14, 2018
Twelve Pieces by Contemporary Artist
Ken Karlic (Born 1963)
- Image of the Day -
"Rush Hour"
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Feature Artist Bio
By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the first of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by American painter
Ken Karlic (born 1963 in Chicago, IL).
Originally from Chicago, Ken Karlic is a national award-winning artist and paints with a sense of urgency and passion that is more about capturing the essence of a subject rather than the specifics. Ken is represented by several galleries, exhibits regularly and participates in national juried plein air competitions.
He is featured in the September 2017 issue of the international magazine, The Art of Watercolour, and the October/November 2017 issue of Plein Air Magazine. Ken is a featured artist with Daniel Smith Watercolors, and published, Sophisticated Chaos with
DANIEL SMITH Watercolors, Step by Step Painting Large Scale for Daniel Smith Art Materials, which was distributed to their global community of professional artists, retailers and distributors. “GAF on Ponca” appears in the December 1 2017 Featured Artist and December 6 2017 Editorial sections of Plein Air Today.
Ken Karlic studied architecture, painting and graphic design at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and received a BFA. He is a founding partner of the graphic design firm Splice Design Group in Baltimore MD, an instructor at Chesapeake Fine Art Studio in Stevensville MD and teaches workshops nationally.
Ken is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Plein-Air Painters Association (MAPAPA), a Signature Artist Member of Baltimore Watercolor Society, a member of InLiquid in Philadelphia and a Signature Artist Member of Noyes Museum of Art at Stockton University in New Jersey.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
- Watercolors Expressions - McBride Gallery - Annapolis, MD
- Representational Ambiguity - Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts - Annapolis, MD
Selected Group Gallery Exhibitions
2018
- Disruption - Crane Hall - InLiquid - Philadelphia, PA
- Sophisticated Chaos - Duke Gallery - Wallingford Art Center - Wallingford, PA
2017
- Miniature Show - Y:ART Gallery - Baltimore, MD
- Group Show - Red Raven Art Company - Lancaster, PA
-Invitational Exhibition to Benefit the Arts - InLiquid - Philadelphia, PA
- Invitational Exhibition to Benefit Land Conservancy - Art for Land's Sake - Caves, MD
- Urban + Rural - Gallery 222 - Malvern, PA
- Grit - Red Raven Art Company - Lancaster, PA
- 117th International Works on Paper - Philadelphia Watercolor Society - Wallingford, PA
- Eclectic Mingle - Y:ART Gallery - Baltimore, MD
- Watercolors: Making Waves - McBride Gallery - Annapolis, MD
- En Plein Air People's Choice Invitational - South Street Art Gallery - Easton, MD
- The Landscape Show - Y:ART Gallery - Baltimore, MD
2016
- Domino Sugar Sign Show - Crystal Moll Gallery - Baltimore, MD
- Cityscape - The Peale Museum - Baltimore, MD
- Ninth Annual Best of the Chesapeake - McBride Gallery - Annapolis, MD
- Mid-Atlantic Exhibition - Baltimore Watercolor Society - BlackRock Center for the Arts - Germantown, MD
- Rich Timmons Fine Art Gallery - Doylestown, PA
- 7th Annual 2016 Juried Art Show - New Hope Art League - New Hope, PA
- Best of 2015 - Crystal Moll Gallery - Baltimore, MD
Selected Juried Plein Air Events
2018
- Paint Annapolis - Maryland Federation for the Arts - Annapolis, MD
- Plein Air Easton - Avalon Foundation - Easton, MD
2017
- Cape Ann Plein Air Festival - Rockport, MA
- Door County Invitational Plein Air Festival - Penninsula School for the Arts - Door County, WI
- Paint Annapolis - Maryland Federation for the Arts - Annapolis, MD
2016
- Solomon’s Island Plein Air Festival - Carmen’s Gallery - Solomon’s Island, MD
- Paint Annapolis - Maryland Federation of Art - Annapolis, MD
- Buck’s County Plein Air Festival - Newtown, PA
- Richmond Plein Air Festival - Brazier Gallery - Richmond, VA
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
“I refer to my watercolors as sophisticated chaos, where a structured drawing gives way to an expressive painting to create a beautiful mess. I'm drawn to scenes of complex forms, finding beauty in the streets, scaffolding and grit of everyday life. I strive to express how something feels as much as how it looks, and to capture the physicality of a subject with bold brushwork and rich textures.
My paintings have a basis in the representational but often dissolve into varying levels of abstraction. My approach is as much a part of the work as the subject, with marks, scratches, drips and splatters all becoming part of the final piece, creating a very physical presence.”
