Bricolage Unbridled At Aurelia Gallery - Through May 28th
Fri, Apr 07
|Aurelia Gallery
Opening Reception: April 7th - 5 to 7 pm IMAGE: Kevin Watson • Dogs of My Dreams • Leather, Metal • 12 x 11 x 6” (With leashes: 45 x 11 x 6”)
Time & Location
Apr 07, 2023, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Aurelia Gallery, 414 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Kevin Watson was raised in the Missouri Ozarks on a family farm with the aptly named closest town being Rocky Comfort. One of his first creative experiences was the construction of a wooden sword through the use of a grinding wheel in his father's welding shop, not the right tool but it worked. He now has great appreciation for the right tools.
Classes and workshops in welding, cabinet making, tin work, painting, photography, college-level industrial arts classes and countless hours in hardware stores have given him the skill set to create pieces that are often simple in appearance but are anything but. He works with a number of materials to create sometimes offbeat works with an individualizing sensibility and enigmatic style.
His favorite artists include Constantin Brancusi, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Noguchi, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko and H.C. Westermann. He credits decades spent in the advertising and publishing industries to helping him…