Kevin
Bradford

Art On The Creek

RED

Art On The Creek

I was raised in the high desert of Southern California at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains rooted among countless rows of orange groves. My eye for high contrast was formed early through picturesque views of crisp mountain peaks carving into soft blue skies offset by straight lines of deep green speckled with orange. Contrast and saturated color witnessed in my youth are echoed in my work today.

Another component prevalent in my work is structure. Geometric forms within the work or intentional negative framing organize and control its chaotic elements. The desire to provide structure grew from my long history with the game of chess. I learned the game at a very young age and it has affected my view of the world ever since. Mimicking life, the rules of the game provide structure within chaos and as in both life and chess; success is dependent on the ability to excel within set parameters. My work deals with controlling the chaos in life by balancing the ephemeral and the concrete.

Saturday, October 7, 2017
10:00 am to 6:00 pm

80+ Artists
Free to the public
In the Courtyard at the Village Creeks

I-49, Exit 83, Rogers, AR

The Gallery At Grace Point

Presents and Invitational Exhibition

March 5 - May 21, 2017

The symbolism and impact of the color red in Judeao-Christian scripture and beyond

Saturday, October 1, 2016
10:00 am to 6:00 pm

70+ Artists
Free to the public
In the Courtyard at the Village Creeks

I-49, Exit 83, Rogers, AR

Pop Up Gallery Returns to NRH

The Fall exhibition of the NRH Pop Up Gallery will feature the art of 45 talented creatives who work in a variety of media, including paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture and glass. In addition to the visual arts, the Pop Up event will feature brief readings by poets from the NRH Poet's Corner and an immersive live music and light experience by Kitbashes, a performance art duo

The artist’s reception will take place on Friday, November 13 from 6 PM to 8 PM. Artists are encouraged to invite family and friends and the reception will be open to the public. Gallery visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artists and purchase beautiful artwork. On Saturday, November 14 from 10 AM to 6PM, the gallery will be open to the public, providing an extra day for viewing and holiday art shopping. Join us as we showcase the best in our area’s area visual arts talent at 6021 Walker Blvd., Suite 121, in the Venue Shopping Center. The gallery space has been generously loaned by Realty Capital.

To become a sponsor for our NRH Pop Up Gallery or more information, contact Sarah Green at (817) 427-6614 or sgreen@nrhtx.com

Concourse

Just below the surface of our shared reality there are lines of connectivity that shape and color our world. These lines move and shift as we interact and affect each other all the while constructing the framework for our collective experience. The work addresses this idea and the anonymity of the individual as it pertains to the whole. Any one of us can become lost and obscured by the totality of a given situation, but will always remain necessary to preserve its rationality.

300 Ft

Each of us is unique. We are independently shaped and molded by our distinctly separate experiences. Despite all that makes us individuals, we are typically defined and categorized by our jobs. My piece deals with the anxiety and fear I dealt with in my previous occupation. As a satellite/HF antenna technician in the Air Force, I was required to work on steel towers at dangerous heights and in extreme conditions. Magnified by the fact that any mistake can become life threatening, at certain heights simple tasks become quite challenging. Completing jobs took hyper focus and the ability to block out disturbing aspects of my environment. Many times I would find myself just staring up into the sky.

The Abstracted Figure

The human figure has been the subject of artists throughout history. However, true abstraction of the human form is relatively new. In the early 20th century, artists like Picasso, Cézanne, and Braques began to explore new ways of seeing in three dimensions.

My work is an interpretation of Cubism as a way to abstract the human form. Each image highlights the shifting surfaces of the body while adding a sense of motion in each composition. Inconsistent values in block forms within the positive and negative space create instability. At the same time, crisscrossing lines hint at movement. My work is reminiscent of early Cubist abstractions in its attempt to allow for a unique perspective of the figure yet maintains the recognizable proportions of the human form.

Ballast

noun \’ba-ləst\: A heavy substance placed in such a way as to improve stability and control

Faith is ballast. Faith provides us with stability and control. Faith is what we know exists but cannot see or prove. Faith is trust. Faith can be solid, strong and supportive.

Because of this, we do not truly appreciate or comprehend the emotional connections we share until those bonds no longer exist and we are left with the void once filled by a loved one. Faith in an afterlife mitigates the pain of loss by allowing us to believe we will reconnect with those we have lost. Summarily, my work focuses on these ideas of life, death, loss, and hope, as they are inescapable human truths.

NRH Pop-Up

UTA XV Biennial - The Gallery at UTA

BFA Exhibition - The Gallery at UTA

novum corpus - UTA Gallery West

Ballast - UC Art Gallery