About The Art ~ and The Artist
A bit of history ~ and explanation
A bit of history ~ and explanation
A bit of history ~ and explanation
Kevin Ducoing lives in West Seattle. He has lived in Washington since 1982 when his family left California and put down roots in the Pacific Northwest. Kevin
immediately felt the draw of PNW aesthetic; damp, but clean and crisp...and most times a bit more monochromatic.
His work reflects what may be the Pacific Northwest mindset: infusion of gray skies, dark forests, sounds muted by ancient beds of pine needles, and local lore brimming with ghost stories. Kevin feels acutely the interaction of this aesthetic in the small towns that dot the landscape and push up against or raze ancient forest. His desire is to express this duality with the feeling that it is actually we who are the ghost stories, the local lore, and that the landscape has its own stories about us.
The Houses
A bit of history ~ and explanation
A bit of history ~ and explanation
Our interaction with trees and forests runs deep in our existence. Where we are pleased to experience two or three generations of people, a tree easily experiences five, ten or more generations of people.
The paintings with houses in them - a series named 'They Came in Peace', imagines our most obvious legacy: our homes, our neighborhoods, our towns...experienced from the forest’s point of view. Are we just part of the background noise? Are we seen as an invasion or threat? In this collection, our presence is imagined as fleeting shapes in a dream, a ghost story, or a science fiction movie.
Figurative Paintings
A bit of history ~ and explanation
Figurative Paintings
People express themselves daily without necessarily knowing it. This is what I am attempting to capture with my paintings that feature a human form. The tension or apprehension that comes with transition or upheaval is the main drive of my figurative themes. I am attempting to convey this with strong edges and simplified shapes, and the underlying texture (a byproduct of the initial canvas prep) representing consciousness.
I currently have two collections of figurative works: 'Understanding the Rules of Falling,' and 'Where You Go.'