About me

Ken Carson

Ken Carson received his BA Degree from Marietta College in 1972.He taught art in the Bourne school system for 35 years.During this time,1985-1998, he was the Assistant Director and the Director of the Market Barn Gallery located in Falmouth MA.Ken has studied with John Bruce, Beverly Edwards, Sig Purwin and Claude Croney.His paintings are included in private collections throughout the United States, as well as England, Spain, and Italy .His work is in the permanent collection of the Duxbury Art Complex, Falmouth Hospital,and the Cape Cod Hospital. Author Peter Koenig included Ken in his 1987 book,"Falmouth, A Visual Legacy-A Timeless Spirit". Ken was also featured in the Cape Cod Life Summer 1990 issue. He is a member of the Cape Museum of Fine Arts, The Falmouth Artist Guild, the Cataumet Arts Center and has shown in many regional juried shows.His recent shows have included Cape Cod Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, Highfield Hall ,Falmouth, MA, Gallery 333, and Cape Gallery Framer, Falmouth.

In my landscapes I try to show a sense of peaceful solitude. They are not about people or things, rather quiet space and time.

High Cloud Sailing

My influences come from the American Impressionists i.e. Winslow Homer, Whistler, Sargent, The Connecticut Eight. John Henry Twachtman

Modern Day influences would be Donald Demers, Anne Packard, Phillip Malicote, and Joseph McGurl.

It's all about the light,and how one sees his or her personnel environment!

I use landscape not to record every grass rock or wave but rather as a vehicle to create an emotional feeling.

I retired from teaching in 2007. I now spend my time painting and making custom fine art frames at the Cape Gallery Framer in Falmouth, MA.

Ken lives in Sandwich MA with his wife Leslie

I try to keep my paintings very simple. I want you to be able to walk into one of my paintings,feel a peaceful solitude, stay awhile, and if it is not happening simply move on..I want my viewers to experience a positve moment We live in a very fast world of things and events and every once in awhile some quiet time is good!