ken chew

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"What is this life if, full of care,

            We have no time to stand and stare".

                              -William Henry Davies







Why Art 
I was not born an artist.  It came late in life. Seven years after I retired, I playfully signed up for several art courses at our local community college. I happened to have signed up with a remarkable teacher. Great teachers provide the fertile soil for growth and development.  

What Does Doing Art Mean To Me
A chance to open my mind to a world of color, shapes, textures, and interesting Compositions.  This is a different experience than the world of books and journals.  That previously filled my life.  I find it fun to “dissect” a scene and put it back together in a way that pleases the visual sense.  Doing art also includes looking at what others have created and realizing that we all have different and creative points of view.

 
Recognitions

                 Acceptance into 6 juried art shows in Fairfield and Vacaville

                 First, Second, Merit prizes awarded for Monotype in the 2007 Fairfield Juried Art Show

                 Active participant in the Fairfield and Vacaville Art Galleries show events.

                 Participant in the “Solano Scenes” mural in Downtown Fairfield

                 First place, 2006 Amateur division, Vacaville Art Gallery Plein Air Event

                 Second place in Oil; second place in Acrylic 2011 Juried Art Show, Fairfield

                 First place, oil/acrylic division 2010 Fairfield Visual Art Juried Show
      
                     Jurior's Choice Award 2012 Fairfield Visual Arts Juried Show

                 Manager, Lawler House Gallery Suisun City



Education:  Bachelor of Science, UC Berkeley
Medical Degree, University of Michigan

Post Grad: Boston University Medical Center

Career: 25 years General Medical Practice in Fairfield, Ca

Retired 1996

Art Education  began 2003
Solano College Art Department
Color Theory, Drawing, Watercolor, Acrylic, Collage
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts for Portrait study one semester                   
Continuing Workshops at the Mendocino Art Center, Arts Benicia Classes
Vallejo Artist Guild, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley



Kenneth Chew Art Studio, 500 Walnut Drive, Fairfield, Ca 94534         
707  864-2401.   Kenchew747@yahoo.com.  www.vacavilleartgallery.com/kenchew.html.