Philadelphia-born artist Kevin Reeves grew up seeing art made first-hand by his professional portraitist sister. The scent of oil paints and turpentine from his older sibling's studio bedroom wafted throughout the house. In his teens, he took up casual sketching in graphite and charcoal but dropped the hobby when he left home to travel the country. Thirty-odd years later the dormant skill resurfaced, and a genuine love for making art was born.
Self-taught, Kevin currently works in graphite, charcoal, and acrylics. He terms his paintings "vignettes", because they capture snippets of life or frame a moment of time standing still. His favorite quote about art comes from the 19th Century theologian Henry Ward Beecher, who said, "An artist is one who dips his brush in his own soul and paints himself."
In addition, Kevin writes and performs his own Alaska poetry, and has worked professionally for more than thirty years as a writer.
