RYAN KITCHEN

2012-01-28T23:16:00.001-06:00

Found an old sketchbook while moving furniture. all drawn from photos or life sometime last spring.

2012-01-02T23:48:00.000-06:00

2011-12-29T16:23:00.002-06:00

The blue is the most expensive in this one

oil on panel

16 x 20 inches

2011-12-11T12:49:00.001-06:00

Unmarked temporal boundaries, after

2011 oil on canvas

48 x 36 inches

2011-11-23T15:47:00.001-06:00

2011-11-17T21:41:00.001-06:00

new drawings

2011-09-30T19:14:00.002-05:00

2011-09-18T17:20:00.000-05:00

Maritime Study, 2011

oil on canvas

27 3/4" x 21 1/4"

2011-09-14T19:05:00.001-05:00

We finished installing Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg's show The Parade at the Walker last thursday, i recommend checking it out. Nathalie had a few repairs to make to her birds after we unpacked them, but they look great now, and Hans' music really ties the animations in with the installation's sculptural component.

We packed the last of the Manders pieces this morning, I hope you didn't miss his show. Top notch stuff. It's headed to Dallas next, I believe. His Nocturnal Garden Scene has to be one of my favorite things I've seen in awhile.

Here are two new paintings finished recently that will be on display in unit 317 of the NWAC building in St. Paul for this fall's art crawl. More details soon.

a huge black shadow, twenty feet across

oil on panel

16" x 20"

One incident occurred, however, before we left the gorge, which is of importance in view of what came afterwards

oil on panel

18" x 24"

2011-08-18T22:27:00.002-05:00

New job at the walker art center is great.

i have a few new paintings to catalogue.

2011-08-05T12:54:00.002-05:00

Pink lake

oil on canvas

18" x 24"

Weekend at the Lake

oil on panel

16" x 20"

And it rained, and it rained, and it rained.

oil on panel

16" x 20"

2011-07-20T13:12:00.001-05:00

2011-07-13T19:09:00.002-05:00

The absence of a shape passing through a yellow forest

Oil on Panel, 16" x 20"

this one's still in progress.

thought I'd post something illustrating my process while I watch the paint dry.

2011-07-10T13:03:00.002-05:00

I painted over my girlfriend

Oil on Canvas, 24" x 18"

Blue surrounded by white

Oil on Masonite, 24" x 24"

Empty Backyard

Oil on Panel, 16" x 20"

Zinc White

Oil and Graphite on Panel, 20" x 16"

detail of Zinc White

2011-06-10T18:00:00.002-05:00

3 new paintings:

Two large ice drifts and alizarin crimson, 2011

oil on canvas 16" x 20"

Rain shower over Sea, 2011

oil on canvas 18" x 24"

Landscape and unfinished tide pool, 2011

oil on panel 20" x 24"

2011-05-31T20:42:00.002-05:00

TWO JURIED EXHIBITIONS COMING UP FAST

HEAD TO ryannordkitchen.com FOR DETAILS

2011-05-04T14:44:00.001-05:00

nice weather, isn't it?, 2011 oil on canvas

18" x 24"

2011-04-26T16:55:00.001-05:00

Untitled, 2011 Graphite, Acrylic and Oil on Panel

60" x 30"

Untitled, 2011 Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

18" x 24.5"

2011-04-25T23:06:00.001-05:00

Self Portrait, 2011 Digitally Altered Digital Photograph

5.5" x 8.472"

2011-04-25T22:45:00.001-05:00

Abby and Bethany, 2011 Digitally Altered Digital Photograph

4.917" x 6.389"

2011-04-25T22:34:00.000-05:00

Sean, 2011 Digitally Altered Digital Photograph

10.417" x 4.056"

2011-04-25T22:19:00.002-05:00

Anna II, 2011 Digitally Altered Macintosh Photobooth Photograph

12.194" x 5.556"

2011-04-25T22:02:00.000-05:00

Alex, 2011 Digitally Altered Hipstamatic Photograph

4.056" x 7.528"

2011-04-25T21:52:00.001-05:00

Anna, 2001 Digitally Altered Hipstamatic Photograph

9.028" x 4.389"

2011-04-25T21:39:00.001-05:00

Kip, 2011 Digitally altered Facebook photograph

5.014" x 5.528"

2011-04-25T21:20:00.002-05:00

something different:

Rachel, 2011 digitally altered pic msg

4.542" x 7.597"

2011-04-17T11:38:00.001-05:00

2011-04-11T18:09:00.001-05:00

2011-04-07T16:37:00.002-05:00

Another painting about painting

oil on panel 60" x 30"

2011-03-30T14:52:00.000-05:00

2011-03-28T15:02:00.000-05:00

2011-03-14T14:28:00.003-05:00

Stick detail

Stick 24"x24" Oil

Rachel detail

Rachel 18"x24" Oil

quick study of a friend from life

2011-02-28T13:11:00.002-06:00

The exhibition came down today. Thanks to all that took a look at it. Stay tuned for news regarding my next show (new oil paintings). In the meantime, more sketchbook pages:

2011-02-13T13:34:00.000-06:00

2011-02-13T13:33:00.000-06:00

be there or be square please

2011-01-26T20:46:00.000-06:00

2011-01-25T16:32:00.000-06:00

2011-01-25T12:59:00.007-06:00

2010-12-31T11:38:00.003-06:00

2010-12-08T13:00:00.000-06:00

2010-12-01T17:17:00.000-06:00

A page was torn out of her recipe collection

2010-11-22T16:27:00.000-06:00

A page was torn out of her recipe collection
Graphite on Paper
17" x 23"

(detail)

But his favorite place will always remain

2010-11-22T16:25:00.001-06:00

But his favorite place will always remain
Graphite on Paper
17" x 23"

(detail)

It took me five seasons to forget

2010-11-22T16:24:00.002-06:00

It took me five seasons to forget
Graphite on Paper
17" x 23"

(detail)

Meanwhile, three women played ball

2010-11-22T16:22:00.000-06:00

Meanwhile, three women played ball
Graphite on Paper
17" x 23"

(detail)

The sun watched them for the last time

2010-11-22T16:20:00.001-06:00

The sun watched them for the last time
Graphite on Paper
17" x 23"

(detail)

He ran through the river at a brisk pace

2010-11-22T16:18:00.002-06:00

He ran through the river at a brisk pace
Graphite on paper
17" x 23"

(detail)

Are you looking for secrets? Is that what this is about?

2010-11-22T16:15:00.003-06:00

Are you looking for secrets? Is that what this is about?
Graphite on Paper
17" x 23"

(detail)

Close your eyes and you'll burst into flames

2010-11-22T16:11:00.001-06:00

(detail)

Close your eyes and you'll burst into flames
Graphite on Paper
17" x 23"

close your eyes and you'll burst into flames.

2010-11-16T21:08:00.002-06:00

2010-11-10T15:51:00.000-06:00

2010-11-01T16:42:00.000-05:00

Five glasses half full during an afternoon rain shower

2010-10-25T16:46:00.003-05:00

(detail)

Five glasses half full during an afternoon rain shower

Graphite on Paper

17" x 23"

Correction to previous post: This drawing will be on display beginning tomorrow instead of the american said.. but will still be accompanied by If there's anything...

"If there's anything you want to know, just ask," said the snowdrift.

2010-10-24T16:36:00.006-05:00

(detail)

"If there's anything you want to know, just ask," said the snowdrift.

Graphite on Paper

17" x 23"

This piece, along with the american said.., will be on display in the Gregerson Gallery at Luther College Tuesday, October 26. Stop by and see them in person.

2010-10-13T22:58:00.000-05:00

2010-10-12T21:21:00.001-05:00

the american said "dans la poche". a man burned his macaroni.

Graphite 20" x 30" 2010.

2010-09-28T21:41:00.003-05:00

installation view of

And the sun rose in the West as four ships crossed the horizon

Graphite on Paper

22" x 30"

(detail)

2010-09-26T17:45:00.000-05:00

Kitchen Sink by R. Kitchen

2010-09-17T20:29:00.001-05:00

2010-09-15T12:39:00.001-05:00

"Screen Saver" 3' x 3' Oil on Canvas.

2010-09-08T12:48:00.000-05:00

2010-08-31T22:15:00.000-05:00

Last of the "Natural Order" Series

2010-08-30T13:57:00.002-05:00

New Paintings

2010-08-27T17:02:00.003-05:00

"Untitled (Burst 1)" Mixed Media on Panel 18"x24"

"Untitled (Burst 2)" Mixed Media on Panel 18"x 24"

finished second piece of the diptych

"Rest In Peace Young Technological Bandits" Oil on Canvas. both 18"x 24".

Will be on display in the Union Gallery of Luther College this Monday the 30th.

New Paintings

2010-08-16T13:43:00.003-05:00

Two paintings, a diptych, entitled "Rest In Peace Young Technological Bandits" both 24"x 18", oil on canvas. Will be displayed in the SUM '10 exhibition this fall at Luther College.

(work in progress, the underpainting)

(finished left piece)

Reproductions

2010-08-14T15:39:00.005-05:00

I had access to the college's art collection this summer, and chose two paintings to reproduce. These are my finished studies:

Peter Nielsen's "Marine", oil on canvas (18"x 24.5")

and Svend Rasmussen Svendsen's "Winter Landscape", oil on canvas (28" x 21")

drawings

2010-08-13T16:38:00.001-05:00

drawing

2010-08-10T02:16:00.002-05:00

new sketches

2010-08-04T18:36:00.001-05:00

new photographs

2010-08-04T18:09:00.001-05:00

First in a Series

2010-07-19T16:42:00.002-05:00

Untitled, 2010

Oil and Graphite on Panel

20"x24"

New Paintings

2010-07-09T11:44:00.002-05:00

Five paintings after Hiroshi Sugimoto's series of photographs. All Oil on Panel, 20"x24"

New Photographs

2010-05-26T18:29:00.001-05:00

New Drawings

2010-05-03T13:28:00.001-05:00

new post

2010-04-21T20:36:00.001-05:00

sketchbook stories

2010-04-21T20:31:00.002-05:00

more photographs

2010-04-18T20:08:00.001-05:00

more photographs

2010-04-18T20:07:00.001-05:00

a few new things

2010-04-12T19:45:00.002-05:00

The underpainting of a self-portrait,

drawing I did for a group exhibition last month,

from a life drawing class,

and another painting that was included in the group junior show last month.

a new drawing

2010-04-07T15:04:00.002-05:00

35 mm fun

2010-04-03T17:14:00.002-05:00

This top one is a tribute to photographer Bethany Aschim.

35 mm fun

2010-04-03T16:31:00.001-05:00

New Sketches

2010-03-11T00:08:00.002-06:00

new 30 minute portraits

2010-03-03T14:40:00.002-06:00

more 30 minute oil portraits from life.

updated painting

2010-02-24T22:09:00.002-06:00

painted a thin coat of yellow ochre over the top and went back in to bring out the colors and make it warmer. I'm happier with it now.

New Paintings

2010-01-24T20:50:00.002-06:00

"Landscape 3" 24"x18" in. Oil on Masonite Panel.

Sketch of a friend. Oil on canvas board 8.5"x11"ish

New Sketches

2010-01-13T12:59:00.002-06:00

2 new paintings

2010-01-03T15:41:00.002-06:00

study of a skull (24"x 24") and a scene from godard's Pierrot le fou (24"x 18"). both oil on masonite.

new drawings

2009-12-27T16:08:00.002-06:00

I can feel the hours spent painting have begun to influence my drawing hand.

latest painting

2009-11-26T12:15:00.000-06:00

oil on canvas stretched over masonite. 24" x 18"

2 new paintings

2009-11-15T10:54:00.001-06:00

painting of a friend. doesn't do her justice. around 8 hours. oil on masonite.

study from class. about 8 hours. oil on canvas.

a slow week

2009-11-06T15:58:00.001-06:00

recent paintings

2009-11-02T16:38:00.001-06:00

another sleeping bag, a study of Hopper's "office in a small city", and a self-portrait

new sketches

2009-10-27T10:42:00.002-05:00

a few days off of school and a trip to Chicago

finished a sketchbook

2009-10-15T14:15:00.001-05:00

cold october sunday

2009-10-11T16:25:00.001-05:00

a sketch done the other day for a friend who wanted to cyanotype some t-shirts. plan on finishing up a painting or two this week. wish me luck.

new sketches

2009-10-07T22:22:00.001-05:00

haven't been doing enough of these

leaf study

2009-09-29T16:00:00.000-05:00

Oil on 18"x24" Masonite panel

more paintings

2009-09-22T22:57:00.001-05:00

two still-life paintings from class, and a portrait of my mom when she visited for family weekend.

painting I class

2009-09-07T16:53:00.000-05:00

the first of many assignments for painting class this semester.