Exhibitions : Visiting Artist Program : Rickert-Ziebold

Robert Ketchens
Painter and Educator
February 16, 2007
Lecture:  Lawson Hall, Room 141, 7-8:30 p.m.
Exhibition, Feb. 14th to March 1, Art Alley/Student Center

Robert Ketchens was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, began his artistic studies as a medical illustrator with the United States Air Force. His military service as a Medical Illustrator in Biloxi, Mississippi and at the USAF Hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany laid the groundwork for his studies in fine art in Germany, where he visited the various art museums throughout Europe; he became enraptured with what he saw. He enrolled in the Atelier of Herr Herzfield, a local German artist, where he learned to master the practical aspects of easel painting, from canvas preparation to color mixing and glazing. A large part of his training was to copy paintings in the museums of Europe. This training, along with personal experimentation in paint, laid the foundation that continues to enable him to transfer his vision onto canvas with absolute confidence.  In Fort Worth, Texas, Robert experienced the masters of southwestern art, locally housed in the Amon Carter Museum. There he exhibited paintings that increasingly became more colorful and more intense than his earlier works produced in Europe.  In 1985 Robert relocated to the Midwest, and in 1986, he opened a studio in St. Louis, Missouri and began to take an active role in the local art community. In 1990, Robert retired from the field of medical illustration to give full attention to fine art.”

Visit his website at:  http://www.robertketchens.com/

Sponsored by Fine Art Activity Fee, School of Art and Design Visiting Artist Program, Black History Month Committee and Student Programming Council.

The School of Art & Design gratefully acknowledges the funding and sponsorship provided primarily by the SIUC student-paid Fine Arts Activity Fee, and by Harris Deller, Director, School of Art and Design; Interim Dean Alan Vaux, College of Liberal Arts; and the generosity of our community sponsors.

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