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Resurrection of an Icon
Resurrection of an Icon, KC Pruitt, 2021, 48 x 48 inches, Acrylic on Canvas This body of work focuses on resurrection. Not the...
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Sep 7, 20211 min read
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Thoughts on Contemporary Art
The contemporary art world is alive and in a constant state of flux. The exciting part to me is the journey through time. I chose time as...
kpruittfamily
Feb 6, 20191 min read
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Pruitt, Kenneth. Deep in the Brain:Â Facts Acquired Over Seventy Years, Â <https://www.kcpruitt.art
This title was developed as a response to a book that I am writing as part of a grad school course. Because I have a head full of...
kpruittfamily
Jan 30, 20191 min read
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Out of the Darkness
My work is informed by light, shadows, reflections and movement playing on different surfaces. The paintings represent a dark time in my...
KC Pruitt
Jul 6, 20181 min read
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Saga of a Fat Kid
I find myself making art that is haunted by memories from my childhood. Imagine yourself a child, the age of nine. A child seen as...
KC Pruitt
Jun 30, 20182 min read
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I'm Still Here
Kenneth Pruitt has worn many hats on his journey. His work is informed by numerous varied life experiences. While his contemporary...
KC Pruitt
Jun 24, 20181 min read
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Photosynthesis and Seasonal Change
Chlorophyll is necessary in order for plants to convert carbon dioxide and water, using sunlight into oxygen and glucose. During spring...
kpruittfamily
Nov 28, 20171 min read
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My Creative Process
I began working toward an advanced degree because I am not content to be relegated to retirement. I want to be a productive artist and my...
kpruittfamily
Nov 21, 20174 min read
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Musings, Expressions, Echoes and Examinations
Consider a twinkling dew drop slipping from a leaf on an overhanging limb into a still pond under a full moon. The shimmering drop...
kpruittfamily
Nov 20, 20171 min read
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This I Believe
I started drawing in the early 1950’s before I entered school. My attention to detail included recognizing shapes and translating these...
kpruittfamily
Nov 17, 20174 min read
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Time is Relative
I made a comment in one of my papers about internet television being relative new. Then received an admonition that my comment was dated...
KC Pruitt
Aug 12, 20171 min read
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What did I learn this summer?
My take away from my first summer in grad school is how much things have changed in the forty plus years since I was in a classroom...
KC Pruitt
Aug 4, 20172 min read
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The most memorable and meaningful event in my art journey
After completing all requirements for a BA with major/minor in Art, I thought about continuing my to obtain a second degree in education....
KC Pruitt
Aug 2, 20172 min read
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Importance of Idea Development
How important or unimportant is planning or sketching out pre-meditated ideas before your start working on your actual art piece? The...
KC Pruitt
Jul 31, 20172 min read
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van Gogh
Describe an artist whose work you first discounted but later loved. What caused the change? When I was in about the third grade, I saw a...
KC Pruitt
Jul 28, 20172 min read
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Critique
Describe a time that you felt a critique either helped or harmed your art-making progress. This prompt presents an interesting conundrum...
kpruittfamily
Jul 27, 20172 min read
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Do you remember ever getting in trouble for making art?
My answer is no, and the reason is that I never got in trouble for making art. That is not to say that I was not troublesome. I was...
KC Pruitt
Jul 24, 20172 min read
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"L'arte non è mai finita, solo abbandonata."
How do you know when a work of art is complete? The following quote is attributed to Leonardo da Vinci: "L'arte non è mai finita, solo...
KC Pruitt
Jul 21, 20172 min read
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Time is still the enemy
What inhibits your creativity as an artist? How can these be overcome? When started to think about these questions, several things came...
KC Pruitt
Jul 19, 20172 min read
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Vulnerability
Do you allow yourself to show your vulnerability in the work you create? Why or Why not? If I reveal myself as vulnerable, will I be...
KC Pruitt
Jul 17, 20172 min read
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