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SANTA BARBARA — Tom Kress’s career as an artist and building designer has taken him around the world, working on architectural design projects including the Santa Barbara Airport, the Transamerica Building, and even the White House. On Tuesday, April 30th, his artwork took him to Hospice of Santa Barbara’s Leigh Block Gallery for an Opening Reception to celebrate his Architectural Paintings exhibit.
Kress earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from UC Santa Barbara. In the 1960s, he invented a new way of structuring paintings in a 3-dimensional way that he calls the “Projective Drawing System”, and the Montecito resident has been working to perfect his system ever since.
“The question comes up as to how I choose painting subject matter,” said Kress. “I don’t copy or render something I’ve seen, but invent new subjects that relate the paintings to what we already know. All the paintings and drawings have the same structure, though, as buildings have framing and we have our skeleton. The new skeleton of the paintings and the drawings is the new drawing system in 3-dimensions that I’ve invented and named: ‘Tom Kress Projective Drawing System’.”
Tom Kress’s Architectural Paintings will be on display in the Hospice of Santa Barbara Leigh Block Gallery through July 2019, and 25% of all artwork sales will go towards Hospice of Santa Barbara programs.
To schedule a viewing, please call (805) 563-8820.
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