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Of All Things 2025 by Kent Williams.

@galerie_fledermaus showed my MFA mentor @kentwms and… @kimsimonsson @soeymilk @egonschieleofficial at @laartshow #laartshow2023 #kentwilliams #soeymilk #egonschiele #kimsimonsson (at LA Art Show) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co6AONTJal7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Havok and Wolverine : Meltdown vol 1 1 (1988) . Mexican Standoff . Written by Walter Simonson and Louise Simonson Art by Jon J. Muth and Kent Williams Colors by Jon J. Muth, Kent Williams and Sherilyn van Valkenburgh Lettered by Bill Oakley Edited by Margaret Clark and Steve Buccellato . Wolverine and Havok enjoy some down time in Mexico... . #havok #xmen #wolverine #xfactor #80s #waltersimonson #louisesimonson #jonjmuth #jonmuth #kentwilliams #meltdown (at Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci1h0xTqr2Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

// Andrew Wyeth: Night Shadow (1979). Drybrush. 195/8 x 253/8 in. (48 x 63.5 cm). “In my teenage years, three artists played a major role in my idea of picture-making. Three artists that moved me emotionally, and upon viewing (in print) pushed me enthusiastically forward to pursue the arts. One was Francis Bacon, whose painting ‘Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X’, I first saw in the pages of my family’s set of The World Book Encyclopedia as an example under the heading of “Painting.” The second was Andrew Wyeth. My elderly neighbor, knowing that I was interested in art, loaned me a book of his work. It was totally a new world to me, and I quickly found myself happily lost amongst the drawings and paintings represented in the monograph. I can’t tell you how disappointed I was when my neighbor, a few weeks later, kindly asked for the return of his book. The third artist who impacted me was…” Beautiful Bizarre Guest Curator: @kentwms ... posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CRQr3OWBm2v/

Hellblazer vol 1 24 (1989) . The Family Man . Written by Jamie Delano Art by Ron Tiner Colors by Tom Ziuko Lettered by Tom Frame Edited Karen Berger and Art Young Cover by Kent Williams . Constantine stayed at a friend's house... . #constantine #dccomics #dc #rontiner #kentwilliams #jamiedelano https://www.instagram.com/p/ChCwLWuMyt7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

// Frank Frazetta: Night Winds (1978). Oil on canvas board. “Last, but certainly not least, for my Beautiful Bizarre Takeover, I can’t get away without listing my main unrelenting influence during my teenage years. I came across a tiny, probably two by three inch advertisement in a magazine for a book about an artist named Frazetta. I knew nothing of him, but from the powerful impression of that tiny reproduction, I ordered the book. Some six weeks later, the book finally showed up in the mail shortly after I arrived home from school. I can remember to this day, the place I was sitting on my living room floor, the quality of light coming in from the window, as I poured over page after page of this magnificent thing before me printed on paper. I could feel the blood rushing through my veins, the pent-up passion swirling in my head. From this seemingly small event, the world opened up to me. It was the power of his highly personalized language, sheathed around his solid-to-the-core draftsmanship that made Frazetta stand heads above all others in his genre. That genre, for the most part, no longer interests me, but to this day, when I come face to face with his work, I can still feel that surge of adrenaline rapping at my heart.” This is @kentwms’ last post in today’s Social Media Thanks so much for sharing your inspirations with us! ... posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CRQ5qbdhCOA/

// Paul Gauguin: The Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892). Oil on burlap mounted on canvas. 281/2 x 363/8 in. (72.4 x 92.4 cm). “It’s the deeply rich, organic coloration of Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings that defines his work for me and sets him apart from other painters of his time. I wouldn’t say his palette is naturalistic, but instead, his use of color exaggerates the subject’s environment, enriching the emotive concerns or mood of his subject. I especially respond to his compositional sensibilities – the arrangement of figures and elements within their surroundings – in a way, superimposing image on image on environment – a dramatic stage-like characteristic. This quality has informed so much of my own works. It’s Gauguin’s Tahitian paintings that show him at his height of artistic maturity.” Beautiful Bizarre Guest Curator: @kentwms ... posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CRQCt9UhLio/

Learning how artists land upon their signature aesthetic is endlessly intriguing. In Kent Williams' (@kentwms) case, he straddles abstract-realism turf in order to "weave the tangible with the intangible," and relishes the idea that - at least in his paintings - "the blessed and forsaken can play together". Read more of his Beautiful Bizarre Magazine interview with us: https://ift.tt/3vigff2 🎨ARTWORK DETAILS🎨 Title: "Portrait With Pom Poms" Artist: @kentwms Medium: Oil on Artefex Copper Panel Date: 2020 Dimensions: 20 x 16 in. https://ift.tt/2oVL9J8 ... posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/COD-sk0L5V2/