Lita Kenyon

I studied art in the late 70s graduating with a BFA and MA in Fine Art. However, my father Robert Kenyon provided my initial art training in drawing and painting throughout my childhood. Throughout the subsequent years, while working full time I experimented with various imagery that I felt bridged a gap between illustration and fine art. A few pieces from that period are in private collections or in my personal rack room.

From 2002 until 2005 I followed an opportunity to expand my artistic application through graphic design primarily for print advertisement. Throughout that period, that while working as a graphic designer I found that my fine art background effected how I composed print advertisement.

With this series I am deliberately depicting the figure in an ambiguous space as I hope to examine the static role of wrestlers as they might be related to our national consciousness. Wrestlers are   paradoxical, representative and very static, while representing aggressive motion. This series of paintings and drawings help me to explore this dichotomy in a painterly way. For me the muted pallet helps distill personas lacking finesse.

During the mid 1990s, I taught Drawing Level 1 at the Columbia Art Association, Columbia, MD while working full time. During that time I developed and provided an artist lecture for a series provided by the association for the public.

Exhibited at:
Columbia College
Northern Illinois University
Columbia Art Association

C Art Gallery