Figure, Head

Name/Title

Figure, Head

Entry/Object ID

2021.28.1

Description

Abstract culmination of a wide variety of colors, primarily blues and greens, in sporadic and chunky brush strokes. Lighter blues saturated towards perimeter. Layered wet-on-wet brushstrokes that create an array of colors. The bottom of the canvas is heavy in reds and browns.

Collection

HCC Permanent Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Thomas Kettner Jr.

Role

Artist

Date made

circa 2000

Time Period

21st Century

Place

City

Tampa

Continent

North America

Location

Category

Campus Loan

Category

Storage

Category

Exhibit

Interpretative Labels

Label

Thomas Kettner Jr. was an artist based in Tampa who has exhibited in museums throughout the Southeast, and won best-of-show at Gasparilla in 1975. His unplanned, gestural art evolves as he works out his involvement, often resulting in submerged images such as a man and woman. Notably, he has also worked for Robert Rauschenburg and at Graphicstudio.