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Artist Statement:
In my artwork, I seek to
celebrate life: the simple and
spectacular images all around
us. Art patrons admire my
intense use of color and
texture to enhance daily life
and communicate my emotional
reaction to beauty. I consider
my style to be unique to me
but I have been influenced by
the work of Paul Cezanne,
Vincent Van Gogh, Claude
Monet, Pierre Bonnard and Jan
Vermeer. I am currently an
Assistant Professor of Art at
Radford University where I
have taught for sixteen years.
I primarily create large
impasto oil paintings, but I
also work in pastels. I have
paintings in private
collections in eleven
different states. My art has
been exhibited throughout the
USA, and I have won local,
national & international
awards in both mediums,
including awards from Dorothy
Gillespie, May Stevens, Frank
Webb, and Daniel Greene. ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Come see my work in Towhee
Hill Studio. Also, I am
currently represented in the
Radford University Faculty
show. I am now on the "Round
The Mountain Trail". Hours are
12-2 Tuesdays and Thursdays or
by appointment.
Although I have been in many
national and international
competitions I no ...
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Artist Galleries:
TOWHEE HILL STUDIO HOURS 3-5
Tuesdays and Thursdays or BY
APPOINTMENT Radford, VA
THE GALLERY, Radford, VA
FINE ARTS CENTER FOR THE NEW
RIVER VALLEY Pulaski, VA
OVER THE MOON, Floyd, VA
THE BELL GALLERY, Floyd, VA
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Collections:
Collections: I have paintings
in private collections in
Virginia, North Carolina, New
Orleans, Texas, Florida,
Washington, D.C., New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,Indiana,and New
York.
Most galleries that I work out
of do not send the patron's
name with the check and
therefore I do not have an
accurate ...
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Commissions:
Private Commissions:
Portraits: Miss Rebecca
Yearout, Radford, VA
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Mahin, Radford, VA
Mrs. Connie Stone,
Radford, VA
Mrs. Peggy Shaw,
Radford, VA
Genre Scenes: Mrs. Jonnie
Collins, Radford, VA
Mrs. Laura
Hammond, Radford, VA
Mr. and
Mrs.Morris, Blacksburg, VA
Landscapes: George Filz,
Blacksburg, VA
Esther Youngs, ...
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Reviews for Kendall Kessler:
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At the Artist's Reception at Celebration'85 in Salem, VA, well-known artist and author Frank Webb was extremely enthusiastic about Kendall's work and made the remark that there was not one square inch in her paintings that were not the result of weaving of oil paint. Her painting, "Love Garden, Coimbra University, Portugal, was awarded the John Will Creasy Art Society award.
New Orleans Art Association's 10th National Exhibition. Art Critic Roger Green had this to say regarding the selection of the awards for the show: "Much more to this viewer's liking were several entries that did not win prizes, for example, "Stream" by Kendall F. Kessler of Blacksburg, Va....Stream a small loosely executed oil, pictures feather-looking grasses in orange, yellow, and green by the edge of a stream."
TWO VIRGINIA ARTISTS, Stanley Gallery, Ferrum College, Ferrum, Va. Art critic for the Roanoke Times, Ann Weinstein wrote:"She paints with thick interwoven strokes of oil that generate an independent surface activity. More than the sum of its parts, the complexitiy of the paint itself provides the imagery with an intrigue of texture, subtlety of color and an unexpected intensity of feeling."
DUAL IMAGES at North Cross School in Roanoke. Again Ann Weinstein reviewed the show and hailed it as " a very effective teaching device. It provides insight into the process of making choices that all artists are faced with, not only in medium and size, but in the arrangement of the basic formal elements of art."
LYNWOOD ARTISTS ANNUAL SHOW William G. White, Associate Professor of Art at Hollins College, and an established and respected oil and water color artist, had this to say about Kendall's award-winning entry into the Lynwood Artists Annual show at the Piedmont artist Association in Martinsville, Va."Great deal of complexity...quite exciting visual image." Upon encountering Kendall's work again at the 1997 Fincastle Arts Festival he bestowed the Best in Show on Kendall's "Boat House, Mountain Lake.
ARTSPEAK Nov.Dec.'94 Will Grant wrote: "The American love of nature is seen in Kendall Kessler's painting of foliage or rich forest of deep greens, in soft pastel or oil.
Kendall's paintings were part of the group show, "Nature's Enchantment" at Agora Gallery on Broadway
At the Lynwood Artists 1995 Annual Show, juror, Paul Ryan, Assistant Professor Art at Mary Baldwin College had this to say about "Rose in Bottle, Again" which won first place in 2-D. The directness of this pastel drawing interests me very much - especially the strong use of line that is not unlike the painter Leland Bell's sensitivity to line.
At the Montgomery Museum's Fine Art Festival, 2004, well-known Roanoke artist Ann Glover likened Kendall's work to that of famed 20th colorist Pierre Bonnard. Upon bestowing first place in oils on her work she made the remark, "How could I not give you first place?"
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