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Ken Jewesson 

Ken Jewesson (American, b. 1939)
Untitled, 2019
Ink, acrylic, and collage on paper
Gift of Ken and Francie Jewesson

Ken Jewesson is a painter, printmaker, ceramic artist, and jewelry maker. He is associated with the Pattern and Decoration movement, artists who combined design elements into their paintings and drawings, blurring the line between fine art and decoration. These artists looked to the global world for inspiration often using decorative motifs from Islamic art, Mexican folk art, Roman mosaics, Middle Eastern textiles and more. 

Jewesson uses stencils to create small, repeated patterns or images. He finds the challenges of drawing a shape or image from many points of view is akin to spiritual meditations. 

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