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-- About Us --
Girard Studio is the New England based (home) studio of Ken and Jane Girard. Our mutual love of art and creating has inspired our many designs in painting, drawing, photography and jewelry. |
Ken (KGART) - The creation of art has been an important element in my life since I was a teenager. Like many artists before me, free hand drawings first attracted my attention and gave me great enjoyment. Drawing and art have been important outlets throughout my life and have helped me make it through some rough times. Over the years, my interest in the creation of art and art history have only deepened. I work predominately in acrylics on canvas with occasional works of pencil (color and graphite) on vellum and photography. I spent many years working in the electronics industry as well as the printing industry but felt unfulfilled in those endeavers. In 2001, I left a career (of 15 years) in electronics to be a stay at home dad and artist. Printing (5 years) was an invaluable education in the inner workings of the printed form, it was a wonderful experience but not something that matched my desire to create unique forms. I'm also fascinated with art history and how we've gotten to where we are in art today. I greatly admire artist's from various displines in visual arts. Sculpting, painting, drawing, photography and mixed media hold special interest. Wyeth (both NC and Andrew), de Kooning, Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Hopper, Escher, Rodin, Michelangelo, Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keefe are some of my inspirations for their incredible body of works. |
Jane (JGART) - Jewelry, crystals, silver, precious and semi precious stones have fascinated me as long as I can remember, from collecting beautiful rocks and crystals as a child to more complicated hand made jewelry as I matured as a person. I love the interplay between metals and stones and the intricacy of a well designed piece. That being said, some of the most beautiful forms are still the simplest, high quality materials in clean simple forms can be exquisite. Of course, our two most important works of art are our children. They never cease to amaze us and are really "clean slates" that see the world through fresh eyes in all its beauty. We've tried to instill the love of art and the creative process from an early age and continue to expose them to different forms and ideas. Only time will tell if they choose to embrace and appreciate the arts in their own ways. Contact us: kengirard@cox.net You can also find us on eBay, just search on seller GIRARDGALLERY, do a title search on KGART, or use the link below to buy directly from our studio: |
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