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The Captain's Table
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KEn
he saw Ford maddox Brown’s 'the Last
Image 20" x 20"
of England'. He knew then that he wanted
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to be able to paint like that and get that
BORN IN same reaction from his viewers. He has
BIRMINGHAM certainly achieved his aim and has become
and a graduate of a well-known artist, with collectors buying
Birmingham and manchester Colleges of his work the world over. As well as winning
Art, Ken taught art in Birmingham for six a number of painting awards and several
years before leaving for Spain, where he 'best of show' awards throughout the uSA,
was in charge of the Joan miro Centro de he has also won the Washington Square
Arte at the Baleares International School Painting Prize - new York City's oldest
for 20 years. He moved to the uSA in art show - and regards it as a cherished
1999 and now splits his time between honour to follow in the footsteps of the
been nominated three times for ‘Best Pub- new York's Catskill mountains and the many notable artists who have won it
lished Artist’ in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Gulf Coast of Florida. "I have long been an before him.
He has also lectured at several art colleges America fanatic and I always wanted to live When Ken bought his house in the
across the midlands. in the uSA. I have travelled to almost every Catskills, he found case after case of
Infl uences in Adam's work come from state and I am still enormously impressed pristine mason jars in the cellar. "I bought a
C R W nevinson and Paul nash, whose by the sheer scale of the landscape and few up into the kitchen and after studying
work he studied and has admired since he its tremendous diversity. the American them for some days I began to see that this
was a student. "the artists' colony of St Ives landscape is inspirational and the country’s was a quite remarkable subject. through
in Cornwall has been a great infl uence too, paraphernalia such as old cars, old bars, painting glass I have exposed an endless
and where I discovered the naïve work of and old guitars have found their way onto path of discoveries. I can paint photorealist
Alfred Wallis." His passion and affection my canvases." images, but also be more expressionistic
for the coast is delightfully evident in all his As a child Ken was a frequent visitor whilst achieving what I believe to be
work and he relies on memories, sketches, to many galleries and museums, and powerful and engaging work of art."
photographs, seascape artists and even the remembers thinking "wow" the fi rst time Ken rarely paints the objects
television to inspire him. "Some days when
it’s wet and miserable it’s just the best thing
to close my eyes, think about where I’d like
"I HAVE WOn mAnY PRIZES In tHE uSA FOR mY
to be standing right there and then, and
WORKS AnD RECEIVED mAnY ACCOLADES
begin to formulate a composition. "
After originally working in a studio from
But It'S An EnORmOuS JOY FOR mE AnD A
nine to fi ve, Adam now works from home
LIFELOnG DREAm FuLFILLED tO SHOW mY
and with a more relaxed attitude, which he
believes has helped him to create what is
WORK In tHE LAnD OF mY BIRtH"
in his opinion his best work to date. "I paint
when I want to and fi nd that I enjoy it a lot Ough Buck
more. my work is not forced or pushed be-
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cause I need to paint, but because I want to
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paint." Since his son was born, he has also
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moved from painting in one go to a slower
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and more considered pace. Although his
work now takes longer to complete, he
feels that it enables him to be more critical,
which enhances the fi nished result. "Once
I begin the painting I work as if building
a jigsaw puzzle, starting in one area and
completing that before moving on to the
next. Over the following days the image
takes shape, and sometimes I change the
narrative elements that provide the story
within the picture. Finally I like to live with the
completed image for a day or two in case I
want to make any changes."
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