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Kenn Backhaus - From the Artists category:
The artist should open the eyes of the viewer to overlooked beauty that is sometimes right in front of us. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Audience category:
The majority of artists do not paint for their audience. They paint what inspires them at the moment, with the hope that someone will enjoy viewing the art as much as they enjoyed creating it. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Boredom category:
I am never lost or bored with painting... my 'office' is wherever I decide to set up to paint, and everything under the sun and moon is fair game. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Business category:
Too often today, art is treated as a business, which misses the opportunity to bring choice to the public. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Choices category:
The world would be a boring place if we were not fortunate to have choices. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Colour category:
A variation of edges, along with the proper value, allows the artist to draw attention to or away from different areas of the painting... Likewise, use of color draws attention to an area... (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Commerce category:
I surround myself with subjects that I wish to paint, then I find a sales channel to market those paintings. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Complementaries category:
Generally I will tone the canvas with a complement of the primary color found in the scene. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Composition category:
I find a single focus in the scene and then play everything off that one thing. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Painting category:
Pushing paint around until it looks right should not be an option. I attempt to make each brush stroke as direct and meaningful as possible. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Plein-Air category:
Plein-air is not about quickly executing a scene and slinging thick paint just to have it on the canvas. Maintaining control of art principles is an imperative. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Plein-Air category:
Once artists have set a course, they need to stick to that course and not allow the ever-changing on-location process to interfere. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Realism category:
It takes years for representational artists to develop their skills in mimicking the objects before their eyes. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Seeing category:
The better an artist can mimic how the eye sees, the more effective and natural the paintings will be. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Seeing category:
My approach to the painting process is to trust my eyes, not my mind. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Struggle category:
Struggling against too much detail in the scene – painting as a camera would see – is a common problem for many artists. (Kenn Backhaus)
Kenn Backhaus - From the Values category:
Establishing the two most extreme values as soon as possible helps me take note of all other values that will fall somewhere between them. (Kenn Backhaus)
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