![]() The juxtaposition comes in the gradated colors and the jarring distance of the color. The piece “Social Distance Time” which came out of the pandemic draws attention to social distance we all went through. “Juxtaposition creates more contrast and attention to feeling. Kendall uses juxtaposition in his art to create a jarring and unifying effect. For Desmond’s portrait he wanted to include words like strength and hope. For Amari, her favorite color is purple, so he tried to include purple in the image. In Kendall’s collage multimedia pieces, he often selects words from magazines or newspaper clippings to enhance the images. Rauschenberg is well known for his combines, a group of artworks which incorporated everyday objects as art materials, and which blurred the distinctions between painting and sculpture.” /wiki/Robert_Rauschenberg. “Rauschenberg was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the pop art movement. Current mixed media contain a more realistic and enhanced feeling with temperatures in the background evoking moods. Kendall takes tissue paper, magazine and anything he can get his hands on to create layers and texture and feeling. Kendall’s mixed media pieces applies a colorful background effect which is a nod to Rauschenberg. Recently his mixed media has taken on more of a graphic style. You can see the influence in Kendall’s mixed media pieces and collages through the layers of color and texture. Rauschenberg also influences Kendall’s art. Kendall brings some of the influence of print making from his undergraduate at Ball State into his current art. Print making has had a significant influence on his art. For me it is almost a Dremel motion with my hand,” says Kendall. It is sort of where cross hatching meets a scribble. “The scumbling (adding shading to give a softer effect) is a sort of sloppy cross hatching. The style Kendall developed over the years in his shadowing technique is borrowed from lithography. He landed in my psyche and stayed there for a while.” Kendall also says, “If anyone does the type of work I do, and says they were not influenced by Picasso, I don’t think we are living on the same planet.” Kendal says his parents encouraged him to explore and to find his own influences. ![]() That stability allows me to be more creative.” ![]() My 9 – 5 job as Director of Career Networks allows me stability and routine. “I think my life fits my personality well. He credits his wife and daughter with keeping him focused and engaged. He tends to create a lot of art, then takes a little time off. “What I do now still fluctuates between art and film making,” says Kendall.įor Kendall art seems to occur in spurts. Kendall relates several stories of collaboration and cooperation with other artists in the Goshen area. There is a great art scene in Goshen that just keeps getting better.” Kendall states that Goshen has allowed him to pursue his art in ways, living in other parts of the country may not. We had our house there and close friends. “We decided Goshen was the place to live. East or West coast? Then they had their daughter, Poppy. When he graduated, he and Carrie were trying to figure out where to live. He shot TV pilots, short films while at Savannah CAD. In 2009 Kendall went to the Savannah College of Art and Design to obtain his MFA. The two have formed an artistic partnership supporting each other’s goals and creative imagination. Carrie Lee Brand Kendall is a local vocalist and actress. The festival was an unexpected important moment in Kendall’s life, as he met his wife, Carrie Lee Bland Kendall. The short film played at the Midwest Independent Film Festival. ![]() Soon his love transforms from ecstasy into maniacal plotting of pant destruction.” From. He soon becomes overwhelmed by the sound of corduroy friction. “A lonely young man encounters a pair of pants from his past and begins a torrid love affair. In 2006 Kendall produced a short comedy “Corduroy” with Bryan Falcon. Teaching allowed him to pursue multiple media at the same time. The experimentation led Kendall to take film making a little more seriously. He would make little soundscapes to go with pieces of art combined into film. He was making little art films, drawing and painting. “It became a golden age of experimentation for me,” says Kendall. When Kendall began teaching in Goshen, Indiana video and recording equipment became more portable and accessible. In college Kendall became interested in theatre and film making. He creates in several mediums drawing, painting, mixed media and film. Kendall is currently the Director of Career Networks at Goshen college. Teaching became a sort of daily stability and routine that allows him to pursue his art interest. Kendall considers art to be his through line. I had art teachers who inspired me” Kendall wanted to follow in their footsteps.
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