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Artist Exhibitions:
Kenneth E. Walker
walker888@msn.com
Selected Exhibitions and
Awards:
1976 - Coos Art Museum, Coos
Bay, OR
Juried group
exhibition and purchase award,
permanent collection
1979 - Coos Art Museum, Coos
Bay, OR
Juried group
exhibition
Art Quake,
Portland, OR
Jurists: Rachel
Rosenfield, assistant curator
Portland Art Museum and
Hiro
Moriyasu, ...
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Artist Galleries:
www.talismangallery.com
Talisman Gallery
Portland, Oregon
http://www.coosart.org/gallery/
178.html
Coos Art Museum
Coos Bay, OR...
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Artist Reviews:
PDX Magazine: Review of MIXED
MEDIA work by Kenneth E.
Walker, Based on a phone
interview in 2006.
Upcoming Art Shows> by Aaron
Miles & Marie Oliver
Kenneth Walker
Talisman Gallery
Thru March 26
Kenneth Walker’s visual
journeys may prove disturbing
to old school photo purists.
The traditional stance is ...
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Collections:
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR,
Permanent Collection
http://www.coosart.org/gallery/
178.html...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Statement for Kenneth Eugene Walker
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KENNETH E.WALKER
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
STATEMENT:
The essence of my style might be defined in the following two statements: Primarily, I strive to create a meaningful photographic image by the spontaneous reaction to a scene, event, character, irony, or juxtaposition which seems unique. Also, I try to limit the image to its basic compositional elements.
Often, this refinement of composition is achieved in the darkroom. I try to eliminate excess by precise cropping or "burning in" to subdue unwanted detail. An example of this is seen in my Photograph, "Breakfast, Introspection". To ensure its candid quality, I grabbed this scene quickly as I passed by the subject and on through the kitchen. Half the original negative is cropped away to precisely include subject, coffee cup, and about 1 1/3 eggs. Three or four basic compositional and symbolic elements comprise this image. Another fraction of a percent of image would include distractions such as table clutter and an STP decal on the window (which partially remains if you look closely). While I feel many of my Photographs are complete as straight black and white images, I use various tinting media to enhance aspects of select images. For some images, selective tinting helps to convey symbolic impact, for others, it adds a touch of warmth. An example of this symbolic purpose is seen in "Tulip Fest"--the top half is hand tinted in festive colors while the boy, separated from the party by a fence, is depicted in B&W. Also, to elaborate, warmth and vitality are created in some images by strategically applying fleshtones to subjects.
To maintain consistent quality and integrity of style, I personally execute the creative and technical processes involved in my photography. All of the Photographs on display were captured on various B & W films. I print them on fiber-based double weight papers and process for permanence using two fixing baths, archival clearing agents, Selenium Toner, & maximum wash time. The coloring of my art is achieved by hand tinting selective highlight areas of the completely processed photograph with media such as colored graphite pencils, food coloring, and Marshall photo oils. Mattes are of non-acidic materials and cut with a basic Dexter tool and straight edge. I believe tinting imparts an overall mood which translates to an emotional response in the viewer--a response which, (it seems to me), is difficult to achieve with the harsh realism of color photo processing. While the objective realism of color photography often makes the statement; "This is what I witnessed", I believe the subtlety and subjective control of tinting communicates on a more emotional level .
Since the mid-nineties, I've worked on a mixed media project that explores the use of the finished print as a metaphor for Natural Life as we observe it: the distressing/destructive effects of physical forces, the resistance to these effects, and the growth and reconstruction in response to these. The distressed print takes on a leather-like consistency and becomes a new medium--unique and separate from the photographic print media. The image which was rendered nearly invisible is reconstructed using chemical re-development, <2 pencil, and various Manual Tinting Media. "
Kenneth E. Walker
ken@kenwalkeronline.com
503-804-0473
For Paypal Purchase: walker888@msn.com
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