Kennedy was born and raised in a small farming community in
central Indiana. After high school, college and a short time in the army, he
married the same fine woman who has put up with him all these years, starting
in 1956.
After
spending his income producing years as an insurance agent, and fooling around
with oils and pencil from time to time, Kennedy finally retired and went into
computer generated graphic design work. That evolved into the pursuit of
digital art as a medium. "It's a lot of fun in that it's possible to work
quickly, make changes quickly, and for only the cost of one's time. You don't
need all of the tools those other artists must use, you know. Very clean and
simple".
The
art is abstract in character. (This artist doesn't have the patience to do
realistic or "photographic" art work. It's too confining and time consuming).
Reason being, that it allows you to work with brilliant color or pastels as the
mood arises. Since this artist is color blind, he works in the more vivid
colors of the spectrum. They're easier to see. And, to the artist, very
pleasing to the eye. "We live in such a beige world that a splash of strong
color is welcome. You know how you react to a butterfly and to the occasional
colorful bird which passes your way. You appreciate the color, don't you? It
breaks the monotony of the greens and beiges".
Something Tom Stoppard said gave this
artist a chuckle . . . It goes like this: "Skill without imagination is
craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork and picnic
baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art." Kennedy wonders
what Stoppard thought of Jackson Pollack's work. |
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