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About Lita Kenyon

In the late 1970s Lita Kenyon first attended art school studying drawing, painting, and printmaking at Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri (1980) and Northern Illinois University (1982). Today, working primarily in collage and painting, she is drawn to subjects about socially transmitted beliefs, widely repeated cultural themes and mores. Inspired by mid-century commodity culture, and wrestler imagery, her work focuses on narratives evolving as relationships from these resources unfold.

You can find more of Lita's work on her website litakenyonart.com, and Instagram.

Certain People by Lita Kenyon

Lita Kenyon

Say When (detail) - Lita Kenyon

Lita Kenyon’s mixed media pieces offer hints at humanity translated through persistent, abstract shapes. Living and working in Tacoma, Washington (near Seattle), collage and drawing is a search for … [Read more...]

All These Sensations: 11 artworks by Lita Kenyon

Lita Kenyon

Fighting Chance (detail) - LIta Kenyon

Painting With abstract painting I'm interested in a process which operates within a personal narrative in concert with the unexpected. I paint, remove paint and repaint striving to bring forward … [Read more...]

A Moment Just About to Happen: Collages by Lita Kenyon

Lita Kenyon

Ask again when you're alone - Lita Kenyon

Artist's statement: I am drawn to subjects about socially transmitted beliefs, widely repeated cultural themes and mores. My work focuses on the narratives evolving naturally from the subconscious as … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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