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Feb 6, 2019
1 min

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...

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Jan 30, 2019
1 min

Pruitt, Kenneth. Deep in the Brain: Facts Acquired Over Seventy Years, <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 knowled...

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Jul 6, 2018
1 min

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...

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Jun 30, 2018
2 min

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 obese...

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Jun 24, 2018
1 min

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 painti...

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Nov 28, 2017
1 min

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 a...

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Nov 21, 2017
4 min

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...

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Nov 20, 2017
1 min

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 splas...

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Nov 17, 2017
4 min

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 i...

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Aug 12, 2017
1 min

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 ...

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Aug 4, 2017
2 min

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 situa...

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Aug 2, 2017
2 min

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....

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Jul 31, 2017
2 min

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 ada...

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Jul 28, 2017
2 min

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 ...

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Jul 27, 2017
2 min

Critique

Describe a time that you felt a critique either helped or harmed your art-making progress. This prompt presents an interesting conundrum ...

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Jul 24, 2017
2 min

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 alway...

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Jul 21, 2017
2 min

"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 ab...

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Jul 19, 2017
2 min

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 t...

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Jul 17, 2017
2 min

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 misu...

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Jul 14, 2017
2 min

Moving But Static

How has an artwork made a VIEWER think about movement? For example, a piece that expects you to move in a certain way or engage it in a p...

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