KENNY HARRIS

Kenny Harris, a California native, was born in 1974 and is currently living and painting in Venice, CA, after 3 years in New York City.

He received his B.A. in Fine Art from Colorado College in Colorado Springs. During his junior year abroad, he studied in Florence, Italy, immersing himself in Renaissance Art History, and classical figure drawing at the atelier of Charles Cecil. After living and painting in San Francisco, he moved to New York, where he studied under Frank Mason at Art Students’ League.

In the spring of 2001 he left New York for Central America. Painting through Honduras and Guatemala. Staying in the Yucatan for a month where he focused on painting still life and the landscape of Mexico.

Kenny combines his classical training with the energetic, gestural use of line and color from the latter half of the 20th century. His oils walk the line between calm, naturalistic light studies and boldly defined color fields, with brilliant light and reflections. They define a place and a mood, but with spontaneity and naïveté.

From 1998 through 2001 he participated in “underground” studio shows in San Francisco, New York and Venice, CA. In 2002 he participated as an exhibitor and visiting artist in the prestigious Venice Art Walk. In January of 2003 he had his first gallery exposure in a two-person exhibit at Terrence Rogers Fine Art in Santa Monica, CA