K V Abbott's Art Blog: "Torch Bearer" Welded Steel

Originally I intended this blog to be a vehicle for shameless self promotion of my art work. I have decided however to expand the concept and will occasionally write about other artists or exhibits, galleries etc. that I find interesting. An informal arts journal. I hope those of you who visit this site will find something interesting and stop back from time to time to see what I’ve added. Please feel free to leave a comment or drop an e-mail if you are interested or have questions about a piece of work. If you are looking for Debe's work follow this link to her blog. http://debeabbottsartblog.blogspot.com/

Seasonal Studios - Sanford, Fl. and Bernhards Bay, NY.

Friday, December 9, 2011

"Torch Bearer" Welded Steel - SOLD

This piece is one of three that will be part of the sculpture show at the Orlando Museum of Art in January.

2 comments:

Mick said...: It looks good, Kevin, and congrats on the upcoming show. Will we get to see the other two pieces?; December 11, 2011 7:45 AM
KV Abbott said...: Thanks Mick! Yes at some point soon I'll post the others.; December 12, 2011 7:04 AM

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K. V. ABBOTT

Painter, Sculptor, Object Maker

Owner Abbotts Studio 1985 - 2011.

Still Photographic Specialist, US Army 1980 -1985

Combat Camera / Photojournalist, Guard Times Magazine

Hallmark Institute of Photography - Diploma Commercial Photography 1979 http://hallmark.edu/

　

　

Selected Honors and Awards

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Individual Artist Grant 2008

First Place Mixed Media, AANNY Annual Show, Sackets Harbor, NY 2007, 2008

First Place, 54th Annual Adirondack Art Show, Arts Center, Old Forge, NY 2006

Best of Show, CNYAC Juried Exhibition, Stanley Theater Gallery, Utica, NY 2004

Best of Show, Art Association of Oswego Annual Members Show, Oswego, NY 2004

Best Work on Paper, Canal Town Museum Small Scale Show, Canastota, NY 1992

Honorable Mention "24" Collection Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY 1987, 1990

Keith L. Ware Award Finalist, for Excellence in Military Journalism 1984

People’s Choice Award, Central California Salon of Photography , Monterey, Ca.1984

First Place Color Photography, Central California Salon of Photography Monterey, Ca.1984

Best of Show, Fort Ord Gallery, Monterey, Ca 1983 and 1984

First Place, Arsenal House Gallery Photography Exhibition Fayetteville, NC 1982

　

Exhibitions*

Saatchi Gallery Online, Los Angeles, Ca. 2011

Artist in Residence at Gallery On First, Sanford Florida 2011

"Changes" - Edgewood Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2010

St. David’s Celebration of the Arts, Dewitt, NY 2008, 2009, 2010

VAS #61, Link Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2007

Great Artspectations Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2003

Roberta Wood Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 2003

Divercity Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2001

Roberta Wood Gallery, Dewitt, NY 1999

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY 1999

Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY 1998

Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY 1998

Salmon River Fine Art Center, Pulaski, NY 1997

Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont 1995

Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY 1992

Chapman Foundation Exhibition, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY 1992

Lilac House Gallery, Syracuse, NY 1992

Canal Town Museum Small Scale Show, Canastota, NY 1991, 1992

"24" Collection, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY 1986. 87, 88, 89, 90, 91

FaxArt, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill 1990

Central California Salon of Photography, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, Ca. 1984

*This is a partial listing. To date I have participated in well over 100 solo and group exhibitions dating back to the mid 1970's..

　

Publications

Seminole Magazine, Syracuse Post Standard, Syracuse New Times, Preview Magazine, Oswego County Business Magazine, Decor, Art Business News, New Mountain Communities Magazine, Vermont Life.

Military Publications

Fort Bragg Para Glide, Fort Ord Panorama, Hungry Lizard, Stars and Stripes, Soldiers Magazine, A-Log, , Infantry Magazine, Army Times, On Guard, GX Magazine, Guard Times.

　

　

　

Organizations

　

Tourism Advisory Council, Oswego County Legislature 2009

Arts and Culture for Oswego County - Past member, Board of Directors

Southern Vermont Art Center

Everson Museum

Art Association of Northern New York

Art Association of Oswego

Central New York Art Guild, Past President

Village of Central Square, NY - Trustee 2004,2005,2006,2007

Village of Central Square, NY - Planning Board

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

About the Artist

K.V. Abbott

born 1960, Townshend, Vermont
　
Looking back I consider it a privilege to have grown up in the mountains of southern Vermont at the time I did. The 1960's and early 70's were a golden age for artists in Vermont. Wolf Kahn, Norman Bluhm, John Fernie and Sam Ogden are just some of the artists who moved from the city to find inspiration in the mountains.
Beginning in the late 1960's my parents brought the family to the Stratton Arts Festival every fall. I remember being mesmerized by the glass blowing demonstrations and even as a child I felt a real connection to the painters and sculptors. Many of these artists were neighbors and friends. It was a culturally rich environment. I guess it got inside me, shaped me. Making art became a natural course, a drive, a passion.
My formal training was in commercial studio photography, but I think my whole life has been a wonderful ongoing art school.
I worked briefly as a studio photographer and then seeking a change I enlisted in the U.S. Army where I served as a photojournalist.
Today I consider myself more of a painter, although I sometimes combine photography and painting. I also have a passion for sculpture, working in steel and cast concrete.
I admire all forms of art, however, I am especially fond of the modernist and postmodernist movements that came to prominence in New York during the post war era. I love the energy and poetic movement expressed in the work of the action painters of that period.
I have called Central New York home for the past 25 years living and making art at my studio near Oneida Lake
K.V. Abbott

K V Abbott's Art Blog

Friday, December 9, 2011

"Torch Bearer" Welded Steel - SOLD

2 comments:

Saatchi Gallery Online

KV and Debe Abbott

Of Course it is

Organica

Shattered Opulence

Caldera $500

IV $900 SOLD

Yellow Room $500

Blog Archive

Boys With Sticks $400 SOLD

TIMEFORFRIDA

Angels and Such $400

FEEDJIT Live Traffic Feed

Gallery opening

China Town Revisited $500 SOLD

Back to Mauna Loa $350 SOLD

Contemplating Nagano $900.00 SOLD

Figure with Targets $400

Homage #12

Blue Horse $900 SOLD

"Orbit of Love, Chapter II" $1,800 SOLD

About the Artist

Visit our Web Site

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K V Abbott's Art Blog

Friday, December 9, 2011

"Torch Bearer" Welded Steel - SOLD

2 comments:

Saatchi Gallery Online

KV and Debe Abbott

Of Course it is

Organica

Shattered Opulence

Caldera $500

IV $900 SOLD

Yellow Room $500

Subscribe To This Blog

Blog Archive

Boys With Sticks $400 SOLD

TIMEFORFRIDA

Angels and Such $400

FEEDJIT Live Traffic Feed

Gallery opening

China Town Revisited $500 SOLD

Back to Mauna Loa $350 SOLD

Contemplating Nagano $900.00 SOLD

Figure with Targets $400

Homage #12

Blue Horse $900 SOLD

"Orbit of Love, Chapter II" $1,800 SOLD

About the Artist

Visit our Web Site

My Blog List