Kashawn

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Kristy Gordon
Kashawn
2020

About the Item

"Kashawn" is an oil painting of a young black man, a portrait.A Contemporary man, stares directly at the viewer. Tomatoes hang from vines in the background, and reach towards the subjects shoulder. A butterfly can be seen amidst the thick white paint in the background. The paint is so built up, it reminisces an Italian Fresco. Framed in a thick, black floating frame. Unframed dimensions are: 16 x 12 inches. Kristy Gordon’s work is a frank and intimate reflection of her curiosity about other people, transformations and self-discovery. Her paintings hang in over 500 public and private collections worldwide including the Government of Ontario Art Collection. She has been a full-time, professional painter since 2004, exhibiting her work internationally and earning numerous awards including the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2010, 2013), an Exceptional Merit Award from the Portrait Society of America (2014), and was a finalist for the 2013 Kingston Prize for Canadian portraiture. She has been widely featured in numerous magazines, art publications, radio and television shows, including International Artist, Fine Art Connoisseur, The Artist’s Magazine, Southwest Art and Bravo!’s Star Portraits. Gordon has seven years of experience teaching and conducting painting workshops throughout North America. She has taught at numerous academies and schools including The Academy of Realist Art Ottawa, The Lake Country Art House, and The Okanagan School of Arts in Penticton and has also substitute taught at the New York Academy of Art. She has lectured at China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, New Century Artists in New York City and the Art of the Portrait in Washington, DC. She received her MFA degree in Painting from the New York Academy of Art and holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Additionally, she has studied classical drawing and painting at the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto and Andreeva Portrait Academy in Santa Fe. She has also studied privately with artists including Yuqi Wang, Odd Nerdrum, Juan Martinez, Jeremy Lipking. Other than us, Gordon is represented by Dacia Gallery in New York, and Cube Gallery in Ottawa, Canada. She lives and works in New York City.

Creator:
Kristy Gordon
Creation Year:
2020
Dimensions:
Height: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Width: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Medium:
Oil,Panel
Movement & Style:
American Modern
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Sag Harbor, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: GOR-0056001stDibs: LU38937015482