In the eye of the owner

“Headlands House” (oil and grease pencil on aluminum), by Kurt Ankeny, in his show at Kingston Gallery, Boston, Sept. 4-28.

He explains:

“These paintings represent the early stages of my reintroducing narrative into painting via the language of comics. By default, I suppose that makes it a strain of pop art but it’s not a loudmouthed huckster, three-ring-circus type of pop. I’m interested in using all the brush-language that has developed over the last sesquicentenary and keeping my color palette very in tune with our current estranged relationship with true darkness.’’