| Artist Info |
| Name:
Ken
Keoughan |
| Town
of residence: Friendship,
Maine |
Brief
Bio:
In 1995 after a 35-year career
in marketing, Ken Keoughan immersed himself in the world
of wood art.
In the year 2005, he curated ”A Celebration of
the Art of Wood” in Rockport, Maine at the Center
for Maine Contemporary Art. This show featured 33 artists.
In 2004 he initiated the Woodturning Program at Round
Top Center for the Arts in Damariscotta, Maine a successful
educational program designed to provide affordable,
basic woodturning courses to the local community. He
also participated in the Woodworkers of Mid-coast Maine,
an invitational show at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
in Rockport, Maine.
Also in 2004 his work was featured in 500 Wood Bowls:
Bold & Original Designs Blending Tradition and Innovation,
Lark Books.
In the year 2000, 2002, 2003 he was invited to participate
in The Work of the Hand at Maine Coast Artists. In addition
in the year 2000 he was invited to participate in The
Inspired Hand, a show sponsored by the Maine Craft Association
at the Atrium Gallery on the Lewiston-Auburn campus
of the University of Southern Maine; the MCA Craft Show
at Round Top Center for The Arts: and an exhibition
sponsored by the Maine Arts Commission entitled Capital
Crafts in the Capitol at the Blaine House, Augusta.
He was also one of five artists in The Craft of Art/The
Art of Craft at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset.
He was invited to be a featured demonstrator at the
Annual Symposium of American Association of Woodturners.
In 1999 Ken’s work was part of the Artists of
Friendship Show at Maine Coast Artists Gallery in Rockport
and the juried show at the Chocolate Church in Bath.
He is a former contributing editor of the American Woodturner,
the magazine of the American Association of Woodturners.
He is actively involved in the Maine Woodturners Club.
In 1998 Ken curated a gallery show of wood art at the
Mount Dora Center for the Arts, in Mount Dora, Florida,
featuring three nationally known woodturners. His work
toured the country as part of the 1998 Chapters’
Show of the American Association of Woodturners.
He lives and maintains a studio on an old farm in Friendship,
Maine, with his wife Katharina, a painter.
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| Description of Art Work |
Artist's
Statement:
I love the combination of marlin twine and weathered
wood. Reminicent of my first ocean sailing experience
(Kaui to San Pedro) when I was 21.
The vessel is hollow, the long thin body included. It
is meant to be touched as well as visually observed.
The piece is modeled after an old tiller that was too
warped to be drilled. The twine is found.
Dimensions: 24" x
6" x 6" |
| Medium
Used: Spalted
Maple & Found Marlin Twine |
| Title:
"Weathered
Wood and Marlin Twine" |
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