Kenneth Colwill

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 ...

2019 “Crudites” - Toast Long Hall Gallery, Patchogue, NY
2009 “Nature” - Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River, NY
2009 “Open Theme” - Bald Hill Gallery, Farmingville, NY