In my paintings I try to setup a situation where invisible structures and patterns around me can grow naturally into conscious and visible forms.
As soon as I start making marks, I feel a strong pull of curiosity and surprise, seeing and responding to forms and colors from a space on, and beyond, the painted surface. It develops into something or somewhere I haven’t seen before and something unnameable is expressed. I get views of environments or structures that were previously hidden to me. Invisible structures or currents that just needed following and translating to become visible. The resulting paintings do not seem abstract, but feel specific, even if unidentifiable.
To begin a painting, there is no image in mind. The process is intuitive, a moment by moment expression, discovery and response. I am reaching for something that is also reaching for me. The artwork that appears is a part of the whole experience that I hope the conveys some of the joy, curiosity and satisfaction I feel in making it.
In my paintings I try to setup a situation where invisible structures and patterns around me can grow naturally into conscious and visible forms.
As soon as I start making marks, I feel a strong pull of curiosity and surprise, seeing and responding to forms and colors from a space on, and beyond, the painted surface. It develops into something or somewhere I haven’t seen before and something unnameable is expressed. I get views of environments or structures that were previously hidden to me. Invisible structures or currents that just needed following and translating to become visible. The resulting paintings do not seem abstract, but feel specific, even if unidentifiable.
To begin a painting, there is no image in mind. The process is intuitive, a moment by moment expression, discovery and response. I am reaching for something that is also reaching for me. The artwork that appears is a part of the whole experience that I hope the conveys some of the joy, curiosity and satisfaction I feel in making it.
In my paintings I try to setup a situation where invisible structures and patterns around me can grow naturally into conscious and visible forms.
As soon as I start making marks, I feel a strong pull of curiosity and surprise, seeing and responding to forms and colors from a space on, and beyond, the painted surface. It develops into something or somewhere I haven’t seen before and something unnameable is expressed. I get views of environments or structures that were previously hidden to me. Invisible structures or currents that just needed following and translating to become visible. The resulting paintings do not seem abstract, but feel specific, even if unidentifiable.
To begin a painting, there is no image in mind. The process is intuitive, a moment by moment expression, discovery and response. I am reaching for something that is also reaching for me. The artwork that appears is a part of the whole experience that I hope the conveys some of the joy, curiosity and satisfaction I feel in making it.
Juried show at the Schack Art Center in Everett Wa. July 2021
Juried show art Gallery Mack in Seattle Wa. December 1 2021 - January 29th 2022
Solo show Taproot Theatre gallery space Seattle Wa. March 19th - June 6th 2022
Axis Gallery Seattle Wa. August 4th - October 6th 2022
16 works at The Bold and the Beautiful show at Figure Ground Gallery in Seattle Wa
“May Showers” show at RailSpur building in Pioneer Square Seattle. An ARTxiv and ffttnw production May 2023
Biennial juried exhibition at Ryan James Gallery July 2023
10 foot square mural hanging outside the RailSpur building at 419 Occidental Ave S. Seattle from July 16 through December 2023
RailSpur Summer art show - Seattle Wa July 25th - Sept 7th 2023
Artist Preview - Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue Wa November 18 - December 17 2023
Year of the Dragon - Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue Wa January 20 - February 19 2024
Group show - Ryan James Gallery, Kirkland Wa May 1 - May 30 2024
Monthly art walk showings at Paper Boat Launch Studios and Gallery space
Juried show at the Schack Art Center in Everett Wa. July 2021
Juried show art Gallery Mack in Seattle Wa. December 1 2021 - January 29th 2022
Solo show Taproot Theatre gallery space Seattle Wa. March 19th - June 6th 2022
Axis Gallery Seattle Wa. August 4th - October 6th 2022
16 works at The Bold and the Beautiful show at Figure Ground Gallery in Seattle Wa
“May Showers” show at RailSpur building in Pioneer Square Seattle. An ARTxiv and ffttnw production May 2023
10 foot square mural hanging outside the RailSpur building at 419 Occidental Ave S. Seattle from July 16 through December 2023
RailSpur Summer art show - Seattle Wa July 25th - Sept 7th 2023
Artist Preview - Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue Wa November 18 - December 17, 2023
Year of the Dragon - Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue Wa January 20 - February 19, 2024
Monthly art walk showings at Paper Boat Launch Studios and Gallery space
Juried show at the Schack Art Center in Everett Wa. July 2021
Juried show art Gallery Mack in Seattle Wa. December 1 2021 - January 29th 2022
Solo show Taproot Theatre gallery space Seattle Wa. March 19th - June 6th 2022
Axis Gallery Seattle Wa. August 4th - October 6th 2022
16 works at The Bold and the Beautiful show at Figure Ground Gallery in Seattle Wa
“May Showers” show at RailSpur building in Pioneer Square Seattle. An ARTxiv and ffttnw production May 2023
Biennial juried exhibition at Ryan James Gallery July 2023
10 foot square mural hanging outside the RailSpur building at 419 Occidental Ave S. Seattle from July 16 through December 2023
RailSpur Summer art show - Seattle Wa July 25th - Sept 7th 2023
Artist Preview - Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue Wa November 18 - December 17 2023
Year of the Dragon - Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue Wa January 20 - February 19 2024
Group show - Ryan James Gallery, Kirkland Wa May 1 - May 30 2024
Monthly art walk showings at Paper Boat Launch Studios and Gallery space
For most of his life he was a self-taught artist working in a variety of mediums and materials, much of it temporary. In 2015 he enrolled in classes at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, Washington, to study drawing and painting in the Flack and Trowbridge Ateliers.
Upon his graduation in June 2019, he was awarded First Place in the Best of Gage abstract category. Kevin now has a studio in the art neighborhood and complex of Equinox in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood where the body of work he is creating can be seen during monthly art walks.
For most of his life he was a self-taught artist working in a variety of mediums and materials, much of it temporary. In 2015 he enrolled in classes at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, Washington, to study drawing and painting in the Flack and Trowbridge Ateliers.
Upon his graduation in June 2019, he was awarded First Place in the Best of Gage abstract category. Kevin now has a studio in the art neighborhood and complex of Equinox in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood where the body of work he is creating can be seen during monthly art walks.
For most of his life he was a self-taught artist working in a variety of mediums and materials, much of it temporary. In 2015 he enrolled in classes at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, Washington, to study drawing and painting in the Flack and Trowbridge Ateliers.
Upon his graduation in June 2019, he was awarded First Place in the Best of Gage abstract category. Kevin now has a studio in the art neighborhood and complex of Equinox in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood where the body of work he is creating can be seen during monthly art walks.
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Copyright © Kevin Cosley
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Copyright © Kevin Cosley
Website by Inspirations Media