Kenney Mencher - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Although I'm a college professor, and I do love teaching, the two most important things about me are my wife and being an artist.
I'm originally from New York but now I live in the Bay Area where I've have shown Jenkin's Johnson Gallery in San Francisco, Hang Gallery in San Francisco, and at the Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento. (I also show at Klaudia Marr in Santa Fe, New Mexico.)
Although I actually think my work is rather tame, I am also considered to be controversial. My work has been censored by several galleries in San Francisco and Sacramento and features about this censorship run in the Sacramento Bee and the Oakland Tribune. (see these links for the articles)
http://www.kenney-mencher.com/catalog/sac_bee.htm
http://www.kenney-mencher.com/catalog/oakland_tribune.htm
http://www.kenney-mencher.com/catalog/providence_review.htm
For the rest of the details and if you would like to see more work, please visit my website for a nearly complete inventory of my work.
http://www.kenney-mencher.com/

My Interests

I've got a lot of far reaching interests. Obviously the firstand foremost is painting, I also really love art history and going to museums and galleries. I guess you might say I'm an art junkie, but I also love movies, books, and dogs. Any kind of movie except horror flick, which because I'm a sensitive sort, give me nightmares. Some of my favorite movies are the old film noir and detective movies and this is where I get a lot of my ideas.

Framed
oil/canvas 30x40"
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I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet other artists and people who love art, especially realist and visionary art like the stuff at the Shooting Gallery and the Forum Gallery. I'm also interested in meeting people who might be interested in sharing what they know about art and art history.

Art Amnesia
oil on canvas 36x36"
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Music:

I'm kind of schitzo when it comes to music, To name a few.
B.B. King, Barenaked Ladies, Blondie, Bobby Darin, Brian Eno, Carole King, Cocteau Twins, David Bowie, Django Reinhgardt, Ella Fiitzgerald,
Elvis Costello, Emiliana Torrini, Fiona Apple, Jack Johnson, Johnny Cash, Keb Mo, Leonard Cohen, Macy Gray, Mark Knopfler, Morrisey, Muddy Waters, Nico, Norah Jones, Steve and Edie, Soloman Burke, Talking Heads
Unplugged
oil/canvas 24x30"
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Movies:

Any kind of movie except horror flick, which because I'm a sensitive sort, give me nightmares. Some of my
favorite movies are the old film noir and detective movies and this is where I get a lot of my ideas for paintings.

Caller ID, oil on canvas, 36"x36"
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Television:

Nahh, don't have time.

Books:

I love to read and one of my all time favorite books is, "Owen Meany," "A Winters Tale" by Mark Helprin. Lately I've really been getting into Walter Mosley's books, even the sci fi ones but I'll read just about anything from Jane Austen to Micky Spillane.

Library
oil on canvas 36x36"
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Heroes:

My big brother John Singer Sargent Leonardo Herbert Broderick (my art history prof) Irwin Greenberg and John Stewart (my art teachers who taught me how to paint.)

My Blog

Provocative realist painter’s solo show. (Me) Booze, food, music and art tonite!

Hi, I'm having a solo show in Redwood City this Friday Night.There's going to be booze,live music,and I've even catered the event so I hope if you're in the area you'll make it....
Posted by Kenney Mencher on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:39:00 PST

Painting Tutorial

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Posted by Kenney Mencher on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:28:00 PST

Check out this event: Painting Demo in San Francisco, 18th&Guerrero

Live Painting Demonstration: Painting the Human Head Saturday January 20th 1-3 at Bluespace593 Guerrero at 18th Street, San Francisco 94110In conjunction with,Clichés and Characters an Exhibition andB...
Posted by Kenney Mencher on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:05:00 PST

December 20- January 5

kenneymenchermy blogSnapshots of my daily progress on my paintings.December15-17, 2006December20- January 5, 2007 December 20- January 5Updated January 11"Little Did He Know" oil on canvas, 48"x60" C...
Posted by Kenney Mencher on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:46:00 PST

Check out this event: Exhibition/Benefit in San Francisco

Hosted By: Kenney MencherWhen: Friday Jan 12, 2007 at 6:00 PMWhere: Bluespace593 Guerrero at 18th Street,San Francisco, CA 94110USDescription:Kenney Mencher Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Kenney Mencher on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:46:00 PST

Daily Progress on Painting, Dec 18-20 (With Comments)

December 18-20Updated December 20Blank Canvas, Toned with Grey Gesso (mixture of black gesso and white)oil paint workstationDrawing layout with charcoal pencilAcrylic workstationTaped off with white d...
Posted by Kenney Mencher on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:38:00 PST

Daily Progress on Painting, Dec 18-19

December 18-19 ...
Posted by Kenney Mencher on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:15:00 PST

Step by Step: Daily Progress, Finishing the Painting

December 15-17, 2006UPDATED Today December 17thHere's the painting finished up. Particular emphasis on the still life part.The Water Carrier of Fremont, oil on canvas, 36"x48" ...
Posted by Kenney Mencher on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:59:00 PST

Daily Progress on a Painting

December 15, 2006...
Posted by Kenney Mencher on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:28:00 PST

On teaching

I teach art and art history at a community college in California. I'm on sabbatical this year and painting and studying my ass off. I have been helping out a replacement for the classes I ...
Posted by Kenney Mencher on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:02:00 PST