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Fireworks No. 8 Drawing

Kendra Larson

United States

Drawing, oil on Paper

Size: 14 W x 11 H x 0.1 D in

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Drawing: oil pastel, oil on Paper. The dichotomy of fireworks (loud and fast) and painting (quiet and still) is exciting to explore. I enjoy them as a complex symbol of celebration and destruction. They are like paintings in the sky that give perspective to our human experience. Ultimately, my work reignites childhood wonderment and calls on the viewer to protect natural spaces. Each Drawing is 8" x 10", but the white mat increases the size to 11" x 14".

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Drawing:oil on Paper

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Size:14 W x 11 H x 0.1 D in

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The first thing Kendra Larson learned to draw was conifer trees when she was seven. It was with her mom on a hike just north of Seattle. The air was crisp and it smelled like pines. There were mushrooms and slugs hiding in plain sight. Her mom showed her how to make the tree trunks darker on the sides to make them look cylindrical. Taking the time to observe the shadow shapes, Kendra worked the graphite to a stub. Larson was born in Salem, Oregon and lived there until she was eighteen. She moved to Portland and received her BFA from the Pacific NW College of Art and, following a residency at Caldera Artist Residency in Sisters Oregon, she began drawing large scale, charcoal landscapes. Full of awe and Romanticism, these drawings depicted the haunting mood and regenerative qualities of burnt forests. In 2006, she attended the New Pacific Studios artist residency in New Zealand, a land that was clear cut to make way for farming. These stark rolling hills gave her a better appreciation for how nature is understood in the Pacific Northwest: a balance between treating the woods as a recreational treasure, spiritual beacon, and economic commodity. Later that year, Kendra moved to Madison, Wisconsin for graduate school. She quickly became homesick for the dewy NW air and the undulating mountainous horizon. Making images of her home made her feel better and that nostalgia was woven into her work. While at UW, Kendra taught undergraduates how to draw from observation and excited in them an interest in art. She also opened an art gallery called the Project Lodge. Juggling her painting, teaching, and the gallery was a challenge that, in the end, helped Larson develop a strong studio practice. Her thesis work consisted of forest paintings and painterly sculptures of woodland creatures. The work played up themes of mystery, fear, and myths tied to the wilderness. In 2009, she received her MFA in Painting and Drawing and returned to Oregon. Kendra married Christopher Buckingham in 2010 at Silver Falls State Park. Today, they live in SE Portland with their son Oliver and dog Edie. Kendra is active in the art community; she’s part of a painting collaborative, an adjunct art professor at Portland State University, a volunteer at Disjecta Art Center, a committee member at Regional Arts and Culture Council, and a board member of Orlo, a non-profit that publishes Bear Deluxe Magazine.

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