Cadence
David Kessler
David T. Kessler was born in Park Ridge, New Jersey on September 5, 1950. At the age of two, his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Arizona State University, where he received the award for Outstanding Graduate in Studio Art in 1972. In 1973, he married Susan and was one of 12 painters accepted into the graduate program at The San Francisco Art Institute, where he received his M.F.A. in 1975. After seven years, David and his family moved back to Arizona , where he continues to live and work. His paintings have been exhibited internationally since 1977, with shows in Tokyo, Strasbourg, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Scottsdale, and New York. Kessler's paintings are in the permanent collections of The Strasbourg Contemporary Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The Minnesota Museum of Art, The Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, The Santa Barbara Museum, The Barrington Art Center, and others. Within Arizona, his work is in the collections of The Phoenix Art Museum, The Scottsdale Center for the Arts, The Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona State University Art Museum, and Northern Arizona University Art Museum.
Intricate Shimmer, 2023, Acrylic on aluminum, 48 x 72 in.
Laced Overhang, 2023, Acrylic on aluminum, 44 x 64 in.
Shoreline Silhouettes, Acrylic on aluminum, 44 x 64 in.
Laced Overhang II, 2023, Acrylic on aluminum, 64 x 44 in.
Cadence Abstraction, 2023, Acrylic on aluminum, 48 x 72 in.
Leaf Eddy, 2023, Acrylic on aluminum, 48 x 72 in.
Emerging Rings, Acrylic on aluminum, 48 x 72 in.
Edward Kellogg
Born in Pennsylvania on May 3, 1944, Kellogg developed his early artistic interests studying in the children’s program at the Philadelphia Art Institute before moving to San Diego, California. In college he studied painting for three years at Wheaton College in Illinois, after which he transferred to San Diego State University receiving a BA in art in 1966 and a MA in painting and printmaking in 1968. After a year of public school teaching and two years in the U.S. Army, he worked and studied under Dutch artist Henk Krijger at Patmos Workshop and Gallery in Toronto, Canada. From 1973 to 2010 he taught at Covenant College on Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Art at Covenant College and is actively working in his studio in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Pond Patterns, 2023, OIl, 40 x 30 in.
The Dancers Pond with Lily, 2020, Oil, 40 x 30 in.
Pond Patterns 2, 2022, Oil, 40 x 30 in.
Sugarloaf Creek No. 11, 2023, Oil, 40 x 37 in.
Sugarloaf Creek No, 12, 2022, Oil, 40 x 37 in.
Sugarloaf Creek No. 8, 2022, Oil, 40 x 37 in.
Sugar Pond with Lily 2, 2020, Oil, 45 x 48 in.
Ayla's Lily Pond, Oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in.
Cabrillo, 2021, Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in.
Luke Allsbrook
Luke Allsbrook received a BFA in Painting from Indiana University (Bloomington) and an MFA (cum laude) from The New York Academy of Art. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the US and is included in the Forbes collection, The US Department of State, and in the collection of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales. Mr. Allsbrook served as official tour artist for The Prince on his 2005 state tour of the United States. The recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundations Grant and two–time Posey Scholar, he has taught drawing and painting at the New York Academy of Art, The Lyme Academy of Art, William Paterson University, UNC-Asheville, and in Italy with the University of Georgia Cortona Program.
Calm Morning on the Sound, 2019, Oil on canvas, 54 x 108 in.
A Multitude of Lights, 2015, Oil on canvas, 44 x 37in.
Old Dairy Farm in Autumn, 2021, Oil on canvas, 36 x 72 in.
Sunset on Purchase Knob, 2021, Oil on canvas, 36 x 72 in.
Bright Riverbank in Autumn, 2019, Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in.