FRANK KINNEY CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE WATERCOLOR 1960s VINTAGE PLEIN AIR PAINTING

TITLED: THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT'S POINT. To his many fans, Frank Kinney is the dean of Iowa watercolorists. His long and exceptional career, which has encompassed graphic design, illustration and painting, began more than 60 years ago with a degree in art from Coe College and a job with a Cedar Rapids advertising agency. "I've been very fortunate to be able to make a living doing what I love, " he says. I enjoyed painting whenever I had time to work it in between my'day job' deadlines. " His "day job included starting his own agency, Frank Kinney Advertising Art, and serving clients throughout Iowa: Amana Refrigeration, Rockwell Collins, Maytag, John Deere, Musco Lighting and Bandag, among others. It was Musco that commissioned Frank to create an official poster for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

An amazing aspect of Frank's advertising career was how much painting, some commissioned and some for his own pleasure, he was able to complete between deadlines. Constantly experimenting with different techniques, studying the work of watercolorists he admires, reading and talking with other artists, he has never stopped learning and exploring. This is reflected in the "Kinney style, " fluid rather than set, perhaps a little different in each new painting thanin the last.

In the early 1970s, he was one of the first members of the Iowa Watercolor Society, becoming a Signature Member when. His work was accepted for three different juried shows. His early paintings were often of Iowa's rolling hills, its farms. Later, vacations in southern California inspired a series of paintings of desert landscapes and flowers. His retirement travel to Europe brought the streets of Paris, the bridges of Florence and the canals of Bruges back home to Iowa. Frank's work is owned by collectors throughout Iowa and in other parts of the country, including San Diego and Borrego Springs, California, where an exhibit of his work was held in December 2010. Recent Cedar Rapids exhibits have taken place at Brucemore (2008) and the Engle Center for the Arts (2006), with another planned for spring, 2013. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "vintagerotty" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay, China, Switzerland.

Artist: Frank Kinney
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Size: Large (up to 60in.)
Date of Creation: 1950-1969
Item Length: 37 in
Region of Origin: US
Framing: Framed
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: 1960s
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Width (Inches): 37”
Item Height: 30 in
Style: Vintage, Impressionism
Painting Surface: Paper
Features: Framed, Signed
Culture: Impressionism
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 37 in
Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
Signed: Yes
Color: Multi-Color
Material: Watercolor
Subject: Landscape
Type: Painting
Height (Inches): 30”
Production Technique: Watercolor Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States