Kenton
Kenton (8x12) — Oil on panel -- This painting of Kenton Call was painted from a photograph taken on Oct 10, 2021. He passed away from NET cancer a month and a half after that date.
For Father's Day in 2004 this same son gave me a sketch book he purchased in Florence, Italy with hand made paper that dates back to a long Florentine tradition of the paper making of the di Medici's and the Renaissance.
He also inscribed a quote:
"Talent is one of the most precious of God's gifts -- do not destroy it. Examine, study carefully everything you see, pursue inward meaning, and most of all endeavor to obtain an understanding of the high mystery of creation, ,,,It is in art that man finds an intimation of heavenly paradise and for this reason alone art is higher than anything."
"...Measureless is the gulf that separates creative art from a mere copy of nature."
-- Gogol in "The Portrait"
Fine Art & Illustration
12 x 8 x 1
$2,000.00
Artist Statement
Artist Statement
I observe paintings from artists I admire, and I’m influenced by their techniques, style, and motifs.
I have always loved the fauvists with their unique colors and contrast; the emotion of van Gogh and Gauguin; the perfection of Sargent; the experimentation of Cezanne; the beauty of Degas; the color studies of Kandinsky; the controlled chaos of Pollock; the intrigue of Diebenkorn; the buttery essence and bluish shadows (with orange halo) of Thiebaud; the simplicity of Jasper Johns; the rawness of Auerbach; the impact of Motherwell and Kline; abstract landscapes of Doug Snow; the gridded pixels of Chuck Close; the luminousness of Rothko: and the visual impact of the Bay Area figurative artists.
I’m not a realist and I’m not constrained to paint in a specific style or to reproduce an image. For me the process of painting is emotional and the design, lines, colors, texture grow out of being in-the-moment. I imagine the subjects of my journey as a painter will be figurative and style will be more abstract as I continue. I love paintings that are sculptural; that you want to touch. This is my painting journey’s trajectory.
Chuck Call (signature: CHC)
SLCC Enrollment School
SLCC Student
