About me

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.After retiring from teaching Ken was a framer at the Cape Gallery Framer for seven years. Ken has studied with, Beverly Edwards, Sig Purwin and Sean Casey..His paintings and photography, are included in private collections throughout the United States, as well as England, Spain,Ireland, 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,and the 2010 Cape Cod Life summer 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.

In my "visual renderings", I try to show a sense of peaceful solitude. They are not about people or many things, rather quiet space and time, and all about the light!

I now make my home in Rockingham VA. The Shenandoah Valley

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.