“Ken Greenleaf was first introduced to making things by hand in the mid-1960s through an apprenticeship with a harpsichord maker. Later, fortuitously, he assisted the sculptor Isaac Witkin, which in Greenleaf’s recollection “opened up a lot for me and set my artistic direction for a number of years.” Mass, scale, shapes, edges, color, and their interactions have since been the main focus of his work. Emphases have shifted over the decades, but these formal elements’ relationship to reality has remained at the core of Greenleaf’s investigation. The artist’s path of discovery has taken him from large-scale sculptures of metal, stone, and wood to intimate drawings on paper. Along with this move away from the sheer presence of mass toward more subtle statements, the viewer’s engagement has become increasingly important to Greenleaf.” -Britta Konau [Ken Greenleaf “Trajectory” 2010 acrylic on canvas on shaped support 23 x 25 inches] @kengreenleaf #kengreenleaf #greenleaf #shapedcanvas #blackandwhite #geometricabstraction #abstractpainting #acryliconcanvas #reliefpainting #sculpture #chelseagalleries #maineartist #nycart #contemporaryart #berrycampbell (at Berry Campbell) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsuCtiHFKIQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wjurgmeguuyc
