http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:46:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en moon maiden, 30in x 30in quick shout out to everyone for the great turnout last night! gonna post some better in-show photos a bit later but wanted to get these up - here's some point-and-shoot shots taken as we were closin the joint... (click on images to enlarge) love hearing what people are ... http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog/?p=222 dusk, 30in x 40in; evening quartet, 24in x 48in; moon maiden, 30in x 30in (click to enlarge) works on deck for the upcoming solo show at the charlestown gallery. feelin like the brush is finally catchin up to the charcoal. omen, 30in x 40in, acrylic on canvas http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog/?p=215 mandarin bowl, 8in x 8in, acrylic on panel (image courtesy charlestown gallery) mandarins for you, mom- mandarin, 4in x 6in, acrylic on panel (image courtesy bayview gallery) http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog/?p=212 cherries, 6in x 6in, acrylic on panel (image courtesy powers gallery) berries, 4in x 6in, acrylic on panel (image courtesy powers gallery) http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog/?p=202 margarita, 8in x 10in, acrylic on panel (image courtesy powers gallery) This margarita's for mom. it's been a ridiculously trying summer and all of the thoughts sent out to the family are greatly appreciated. thank you. quick studio update- the margarita, this pina colada and a buncha new smaller food works are currently in ... http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog/?p=177 4 crazy months since my last blog post...hard to know even where to begin so i'm jumping in with the latest... first up - The RI Commission on Women invited me to show the food paintings for an event in conjunction with the RI Community Food Bank's Women Ending Hunger Program. it's my ... http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog/?p=174 vanilla extract, bubble gum, ea 3.5in—3.5in, acrylic on panel Little Pictures at the Providence Art Club saw the debut of the new bite-sized food paintings i've been working on. the reception was great - someone remarked, "i'm enjoying that your paintings are getting looser and more expressive, especially at that small scale." ... http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog/?p=173 Halloween is here, bringing a bone-chilling 31 degrees to New England this morning, along with ghosts and vampires and werewolves and, of course, candy corn. candy corn, 4×6in, acrylic on panel -available- this year's also brought another volume in author Gregory Maguire's delicious Wicked Cycle - great way to (temporarily) escape a ... http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog/?p=168 ...or what i did on my summer vacation. we're celebrating our 3rd annual Open Studio this weekend. (has it really been that long? as Chazz Michael Michaels sez, it's mind-bottling.) if you're interested in coming out, we'd love to see ya - info's at the bottom of the post. end-of-summer recap: FINALLY ventured ... http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog/?p=166 Newsflash #1 - Rhode Island Monthly's annual "best of" issue hits the streets this week, & the food paintings are included as a 2008 Editors' Pick. i'm blown away - and speechless. the link to the complete writeup is here. Newsflash #2 - for the first time in....ohh...3 years, ... http://www.shawnkenney.com/blog/?p=165