KAREN VERNON and KEN MUENZENMAYER are accomplished artists but both the paintings and the painters are as different from each other as oil and water. Karen is outgoing, gregarious and effervescent. She favours watercolour as her medium of choice and mostly paints flowers, still life and landscapes. Her work is vibrant with colour, and every bold brush stroke shows her zest for life, the beautifying of her world.
By contrast, Ken is introspective and reserved. He uses oils on canvas. His paintings depict the vast Texas prairieland, its breathtaking sunsets and its often-tempestuous skies. Many times, they have a dream-like quality, with muted colours and misty, undefined outlines.
Even though their styles are so different they are bound by their shared love of art.
Oil and Water
I like the concept. For some reason it took me quite a while to realize that there were pictures of them inside the picture and that they were supposed to look like "paintings". My eye couldn't really find something specific to rest on for a while. That doesn't mean it's a bad photo, just that there are some distracting elements and it takes a minute to figure out what's going on. The light on her is great but he appears to be squinting.
He has macular degeneration which causes him to squint and why his work is getting more and more soft and ethereal with a magenta tint. Sadly, seeing the image on a screen doesn't show all the detail as it does on 16 x 20 print. There are lots of little subtle touches that probably are lost on a screen. Thanks for the feed back. Both your time and your insights are appreciated.
Best
Bernard