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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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kpruittfamily
- 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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kpruittfamily
- 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...
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KC Pruitt
- 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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KC Pruitt
- 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...
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KC Pruitt
- 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...
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kpruittfamily
- 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...
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kpruittfamily
- 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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kpruittfamily
- 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...
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kpruittfamily
- 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...
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KC Pruitt
- 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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KC Pruitt
- 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...
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KC Pruitt
- 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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KC Pruitt
- 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...
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KC Pruitt
- 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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kpruittfamily
- 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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KC Pruitt
- 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...
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KC Pruitt
- 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...
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KC Pruitt
- 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...
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KC Pruitt
- 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...
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