Kevin Champeny: Sweets - 2020 Exhibition at Quidley & Company

Lithograph in colors on wove paper, 1976 Sheet Size: 35 1/4” x 24 1/2” inches Signed and numbered 9/125 in pencil, lower right Printed by the Rainbow Art Foundation, New York A very good impression of this scarce print.

KEVIN CHAMPENY: Sweets

Willem de Kooning donated this image titled “Devil on a Keyboard” to the Rainbow Art Foundation in June 1976. The Rainbow Art Foundation is an organization which helps young and new printmakers. The R.A.F. has informed us that this is indeed a historical piece since de Kooning himself worked on it. The image was made into a nine color lithograph print in an edition of 70 signed and numbered prints. De Kooning then added the word Rainbow to the image and signed and numbered 125 pieces which is this edition.

July 2020 Nantucket gallery

&Company

Quidley

Kevin Champeny Kevin Champeny was born and raised in Beloit, Wisconsin. Champeny began drawing before he could speak and says art was something he always felt compelled to create. He attended Beloit College where he studied Art History and Education, graduating with a BA in Studio Art. After graduating college, Kevin moved to New York City. Since graduating, every job he’s had has involved art in some form, be it design, painting, or sculpting, though most often behind the scenes. Kevin has sculpted professionally for the last 17 years, creating pieces for companies such as Warner Brothers, Disney, Lenox, Patron Tequila, and Belvedere Vodka. He has also done much original work for perfumeries such as Calvin Klein, Polo, DKNY and numerous others. Champeny even created the master model for President Obama’s cereal bowl during his tenure in the White House. Champeny’s biggest influences are Chuck Close, Kris Kuksi and M.C. Escher. He currently resides in Long Island, New York where he continues to create works of art for museums, private commissions and art galleries. Artist Statement: “ I create a style of work that blurs the lines between photography, painting and sculpting. Mosaics enable me to elicit the tension and stories between hand sculpted and cast pixels and the overall image they compose. I want my art to open a conversation for the viewer. I hope people discovering and viewing my pieces will connect their own experiences to the choices I made when creating the work.”

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