Artist at Work - Curator Interview with the Booth Museum

Kens old masters technique was very time consuming but the outcome is extraordinary. It is the only way to achieve the depth of colors and warm layers of content that will pass the test of time. He would slowly build the good foundation of a painting through charcoal pencil sketches, then underpainting with burnt umber, and finally add the thin color glazes to achieve the final result. This painting technique will last for hundreds of years

Kens list of collectors of his western artwork was numerous to say the least and notable to say the best. They included a president, Herbert Hoover, prominent church leaders, heads of major corporation, actors like John Wayne and Robert Fuller, and country western singers such as Waylon Jennings and Ray Herndon.
Works of Kenneth M. Freeman are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum, Library of Congress, American Art Academy, and Booth Museum as well as distinguished private collections. Accolades include winning competitions at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Hubbard Museum of Art, the Illinois State Fair, the Salmagundi Show in New York City, the Union League Club of Chicago, being chosen five times as artist for the Parada Del Sol Rodeo in Scottsdale, AZ and having a painting selected for the 1988 Prescott Centennial Rodeo.
He was an illustrator for authors like Louis LAmour and Will James.

Artist at Work - The Kenneth M. Freeman Legacy will be at the Booth Western Art Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate museum, through May 22, 2010.

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