"Circles No. 1" Painting

I am Kenneth Colwill, an Abstract Painter, a native of Manhattan, New York and have resided on Long Island since 1964. I'm a self taught painter who started painting in 1962 at the age of ten. I was influenced by the works of Vincent Van Gogh. From the beginning painting was as essential to my being as breathing. I have painted in many genres and was a surrealist painter for thirty years. Eight years ago after a near death experience, I “forgot” how to paint. I had to re-teach myself how to paint. My style of painting changed dramatically and I became absorbed by abstraction and fell in love with the brightness and versatility of acrylic paint. As an abstract painter I have grown and matured in consistency and design and am still evolving today. I had a quirky habit of throwing out my paintings when I got tired of looking at them. For me, the value of painting is in the process of the painting itself, not in the end result. Due to my daughters influence, I have stopped discarding my paintings, and am now sharing, showing and selling them. For this reason I have only a few paintings from my earlier years, the rest have been sold or discarded during my "discarding" years. Private Collections I have sold paintings to multiple private collectors on Long Island and Manhattan NY. Public Collections "Sacred Heart" Franciscan Friars of Compassion Friary, South Gastonia, NC. Donated 2016. "Passion" Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton RC Church, Ronkonkoma NY. Donated 2010.