Fine Art Magazine June Edition

HEADER TITLE 33 ARTIST FEATURE SIMON KENNY S I M O N K E N N Y E M B R A C I N G A B S T R A C T I O N A R T I S T F E A T U R E Expressive, atmospheric and totally captivating, Simon Kenny’s ‘lyrical abstracts’ are widely collected by both private and corporate clients and have appeared in many prestigious exhibitions and galleries. When we released his first set of hand signed limited editions in 2017, the response from the collecting community was as dramatic as the artwork, and his star has continued to rise ever since. Through their extraordinary beauty and radiance, Simon’s paintings encourage us to embrace abstract art. Abstracts are of course all about communicating with the individual and taking the viewer on their own very personal journey. Simon’s aim is for the viewer to connect personally with each composition – to be reminded of a place they once knew, or visited by an unexpected moment of emotion. There are no right or wrong answers when describing what we see in these paintings; Simon gives us clues with his poetic titles for each work, but it is the emotional reaction of the individual viewer to each work that sets up that all important dialogue and turns a painting into a conversation.