Geoffrey Kington

Born in Madisonville Ky. USA 1956 Living and working as a full time artist in SF CA. I've been drawing and painting since I was very young .I get excited like a little kid with a new box of colors,when a new drawing or painting comes to life. I feel that I know little about the direction I'm going. In some ways this is good, to remain teachable, open to new ways of seeing. I am very eclectic in my view of making art. My taste of others art is very broad, I've had many influences in my life,I am always looking for new artists to add to my experience. I don't want to pigeonhole myself in a style that describes an assemblage of a finished product, that becomes as laborious as a jigsaw puzzle. I want my art to be more than merely aesthetic. So I believe this takes thinking and looking for a direction, setting goals and making plans but still allowing room for the accident.The accident can be such a spontaneous segue into a new way of seeing. The longer I paint and draw, whether it be realistic or abstract, the more I see the self fall onto the page, this is want dictates the direction. There is a spiritual element here I can't put into words.Making art can often be such a struggle sometimes unbearably so; but the struggle has g...

Heidelberg, Germany, independent study in early teens.In 1972 at age 15 studied privately with Tom Bostelle, Chad's Ford area of Pennsylvania. At age 17 accepted as student at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia. San Francisco Art Institute,studied with Oliver Jackson and Carlos Villa. Exhibits Thomas Bostelle's Gallery,Aeolian Palace, Chad's Ford ,PA The Dana Reich Gallery,San Francisco Art Institute, SF School OF Art, Academy Of Art College,Artist's X-Change, SF,SF Zen Center,SF City College Gallery, City and County of SF, No.1, South Van Ness,January--Dec. 2007, 2nd show. SF Zen Center Page St. SF,