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Ken Davies Atelier 2015 Ken Davies Atelier continues at the Greene Art Gallery with work by Ken with Daniel P. Buckley, Michael Theise, Jo-Anne Scavetta and John Falato. We have a gallery wall that is dedicated to new and favorite work of the atelier. Ken Davies Atelier 2014 “Atelier” is the French word for workshop where a master artist and a number of assistants work together producing paintings that went out in the master artist’s name. This was standard for European artists from the Middle Ages to the 18th or 19th century, and commonplace elsewhere in the world.
About two years ago the coordination between my eyes and hands finally stopped obeying what my brain was telling them to do. This, according to my doctor, was due to the beginning of Parkinson’s Disease. It was a wake up call to me and I started to wonder how the hundreds of painting images I still had in my head were going to be realized. I then started to think about the “from the studio of…” or “atelier” paintings and I realized that most of the giants in the So, I had a meeting with three of my artist friends. The result was that all of them enthusiastically agreed to join me in forming an atelier. I would supply the props, design the composition, and decide the lighting, then pick which of the three artists to paint it. My modern twist to the traditional atelier system is that credit will be given to the assistant, therefore you will see two signatures on each painting. Any proceeds from these paintings will be split between the painter and me. The first atelier exhibition last year was a huge success for all concerned and so Kathryn Greene decided to do it again! I have made an important change this year – I invited John Falato and Jo-Anne Scavetta to join the atelier. Both are accomplished artists in their own right as you will see in this catalogue. So, welcome to the second atelier show – hope you continue to find it interesting and unique.
Ken Davies Ken Davies was born December, 1925 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, studied at The Massachusetts School of Art in Boston and received a B.F.A. from the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1950. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from The New England School of Law, Boston, MA. Ken is Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus of the Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut. His paintings appear in many museums, corporate and private collections across the country. Among them are; the Asheville Museum of Fine Art, Berkshire Museum, Brandywine River Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Wadsworth Athenaeum, White House Historical Association and The Manoogian Collection. Also, American Express, Austin Nichols Distilling Co., General Mills, and International Harvester, Inc., Ken designed three United States Postage Stamps commemorating Pharmacy, and centennial anniversaries of the American Chemical Society and the Metropolitan Opera. He is the author of two books; Painting Sharp Focus Still Life (1975) and Ken Davies, Artist at Work, (1978). Published in the United States and Canada by Watson-Guptill Publications and in Great Britain by Pitman Publishing. In 2009 he published, "Ken Davies, American Realist" which is available through the Greene Art Gallery. |
