“It
looks like everything about space I cannot explain.” Stephen
Hawking
Simon Kenny is a multi award winning artist, celebrated
nationally and internationally for his vibrant, expressive paintings. His
style is best described as ‘lyrical abstraction’; characterised as a ‘radical
Turner’, in recent press coverage he has attracted significant attention for
his growing collection of ‘colour burst’ paintings.
Simon’s
fascination with the world around him clearly manifests itself through his
work, yet no piece is ever site specific. His aim is for the viewer to
connect personally with each composition – to be reminded of a place they
once knew, or visited by an unexpected moment of
emotion.
Born in 1976 in Dublin, Ireland, Simon discovered
his love of art at a young age. Following his natural artistic instinct he
acquired techniques and preferences which he relates through his work,
encompassing brush and palette knife work, subtle under-painting and
graduating alterations in colour.
Dramatic, atmospheric and
totally captivating, Simon’s dynamic abstracts are widely collected by both
private and corporate clients located around the globe, and he has a huge
collector base in the USA. His work has appeared in many prestigious
exhibitions and galleries including the Saatchi
Gallery,
“My personality is a big part of what I paint. I
do become incredibly emotionally connected to my work, almost treating it as
though it’s a living thing. My mood plays a part in the colours I choose, or
the way I use my brushes and knives, and it can certainly affect direction of
the work; that’s what makes it so special to me.”
