MICHAEL KESSLER
Michael Kessler was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania. He received a
B.F.A. degree from Kutztown University. He lives and works in Santa Fe,
New Mexico. He won several prestigious awards and fellowships, among these
the Rome Prize, Painting, American Academy in Rome, 1990; the Pollock/Krasner
Award, Painting, New York, New York, 1992; and the Whitney Independent
Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 1977.
Kessler’s work can be found in over two dozen museums nationwide, including the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and in a seemingly endless number of corporate and private collections.
Michael Kessler’s handling of surface texture is strikingly accomplished. The range of his visual effects is wide indeed, from long languidly curving drip forms and pooling blobs, to squeegeed foliate forms delicate as branch corals, to complex swirls of compelling visual depth. With his multiple layering of visual events, often setting geometric structures against organic forms, he states his devotion to nature as his muse.
VIDEOsAvailable Artwork Click on IMAGEs for larger view |
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 Diagenesisacrylic on canvas 44" x 66" |
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 Magnificationacrylic on canvas 36" x 48" |
 Bogbeanacrylic on wood 28" x 20" |
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 Cambrianacrylic on wood 40" x 60"
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 Creniticacrylic on wood 30" x 48" |
 Awaacrylic on wood 28" x 20" |
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 Saltireacrylic on wood 12" x 79" |
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 Maremmaacrylic on wood 24" x 36" |
 Fideism acrylic on wood 40" x 30" |
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 Munjeetacrylic on wood 24" x 36" |
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 Macarizeacrylic on wood 40" x 60" |
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Grid 3acrylic on wood 17" x 17" |
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Grid 6acrylic on wood 17" x 17" |
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 Vadose, acrylic on wood, 7" x 49" |
 Velar, acrylic on wood 40" x 30" |
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 Meanad, acrylic on wood, 7" x 49" |
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 Striaacrylic on wood 18" x 39" |
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 Calciole 18acrylic on wood 17" x 17" |
 Conation Iacrylic on wood 9" x 11" |
 Baimaidenacrylic on wood 8" x 11" |
 Gladiateacrylic on wood 9" x 11" |
 Cymographacrylic on wood 9" x 11" |
 Gyrasoleacrylic on wood 9" x 11" |
 Light Neutral 16acrylic on wood 20" x 28" |
 Cyaneousacrylic on wood 11" x 9" |
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