by Ken Mattson | Aug 4, 2012 | Painting
by Ken Mattson | Jul 31, 2012 | At Work, Drawing, Graphite, Invention
One drawing leads to another drawing… Which leads to the painting and the print,…inspiring more drawing!
by Ken Mattson | Jul 30, 2012 | Life
It’s extremely hot, extremely cold, and wildly windy.It’s also quiet – no one’s around, and spacious like the ocean.I LOVE the extremes. They keep me unsettled and awake.
by Ken Mattson | Apr 10, 2012 | Drawing, Poetry, Sketchbooks, Watercolor, Writing
I’ve got a vivid dream life. Now and then they make it into my sketchbooks.
by Ken Mattson | Apr 7, 2012 | Invention, Life, Oil Painting, Painting, Sketchbooks
Like writers and actors do, I take experiances from my own life and combine them with the stories of others so I can understand and speak for both.
by Ken Mattson | Apr 7, 2012 | Life, Oil Painting, Painting, Printmaking, Watercolor, Woodcut
Take every opportunity to define yourself. Two self-portraits: a recent woodcut, and 0ne from 1997 – “Myself As A Tea Pot” (I’ll explain that in another post).
by Ken Mattson | Apr 4, 2012 | Painting
Around 2000, I spent a long time drawing the hands of Christ crucified. These once extremely powerful images had lost much of their potency due to changing culture. To bring life to the subject, I cut off his hands and threw them on a table. Recently, I...
by Ken Mattson | Feb 12, 2012 | Oil Painting, Painting, Sculpting
From my painting “Phoenix”. An early clay sketch that found it’s way into the painting:
by Ken Mattson | Feb 7, 2012 | Oil Painting
by Ken Mattson | Jan 16, 2012 | Life, Woodcut
On New Year’s, we burn the Christmas tree – it takes less than a minute. Out with the old, in with the new!
