Kevin Sloan
American, b. 1958
Kevin Sloan is a Denver-based painter working primarily with acrylic on canvas with forays into drawings, paintings on paper, and recently, ceramic and mixed media sculpture. Growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, his early interest in art was nurtured by student classes at the Des Moines Art Center and in particular by their artist-in-residence, Frank Limone. It was clear upon his high school graduation that he would study art in college. Kevin received a BFA in painting from Tyler School of Art in 1981 where he studied with Stephen Greene and Stanley Whitney. He continued his formal education at the University of Arizona studying with James G. Davis, where he received an MFA in Painting in 1984. His curiosity and love of travel led him to live and work in a wide variety of cities across the United States including San Francisco, New York City, New Orleans, Key West, and Santa Fe. All these locales have had a lasting impact on his practice. Kevin’s work is characterized by curiosity and bemusement toward the natural and human-made world. His frequently symbolic paintings are part of an ongoing inquiry into the relationship between the marvel of the natural world and the mundane and often blunt reality of the modern era. In addition to his studio practice, he has been a visiting artist-in-residence at universities around the United States and occasionally teaches upper-level painting classes in Denver. He exhibits regularly in one-person and group exhibits around the world. His work is found in numerous private and public collections worldwide including the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florid; and the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona. Kevin currently works in a converted church in the historic Denver neighborhood of Globeville where in addition to painting, he grows flowers and vegetables in the summer months. He shares his life with his husband Mark and two spirited Labradoodles, Otis and Poppy.(Biography provided by K Contemporary)
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Still-life with Sun Rise
By Kevin Sloan
Located in Denver, CO
A cheeky still-life with a wry surprise, "Still-life with Sun Rise" is a work by Kevin Sloan that turns heads. A butterfly lands lightly on the stem of an orange accompanied by a se...
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2010s Surrealist Kevin Sloan
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Fifth Season #3
By Kevin Sloan
Located in Denver, CO
"The Fifth Season #3" is part of a series by Denver-based artist Kevin Sloan. Sloan observed over a summer of particularly large, aggressive wildfires that fire season, as Coloradans...
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2010s Kevin Sloan
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Reef
By Kevin Sloan
Located in Denver, CO
"The Reef" is a surrealistic still life by Kevin Sloan. Depicting a grouping of bleached coral on a grassy field, this work finds beauty in strife.
Coral bleaching occurs because w...
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2010s Kevin Sloan
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Fifth Season #1
By Kevin Sloan
Located in Denver, CO
"The Fifth Season #1" is part of a series by Denver-based artist Kevin Sloan. Sloan observed over a summer of particularly large, aggressive wildfires that fire season, as Coloradans...
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2010s Kevin Sloan
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Black Ice
By Kevin Sloan
Located in Denver, CO
Normally observed to be white, grey, or light blue in color, a black iceberg was once a rare sight, however as our polar ice caps melt more and more, they too are becoming increasing...
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2010s Kevin Sloan
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rocket Launch with Small Clearing
By Kevin Sloan
Located in Denver, CO
The omnipotence of technological advancement is made apparent in "Rocket Launch with Small Clearing." This 2023 acrylic on canvas appears at first to be a simple tropical landscape. ...
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2010s Kevin Sloan
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Canvas, Acrylic
Celestial Bodies with Four Palm Trees
By Kevin Sloan
Located in Denver, CO
"Celestial Bodies with Four Palm Trees" uses warm tones and intimate scale to create a window into a desert sunset scene. Luminous and slightly mysterious, this acrylic on canvas bec...
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2010s Kevin Sloan
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Smokey Sunsets with Barrel Cactus
By Kevin Sloan
Located in Denver, CO
Kevin Sloan's "Smokey Sunsets with Barrel Cactus" is an acrylic on canvas landscape painting. The Colorado based artist began to create smoke-filled works after a particularly bad wi...
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2010s Kevin Sloan
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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