20×20 in. mixed media.
Lately I have been going thru some of my unfinished and forgotten projects from many a year ago. So for your viewing pleasure a piece that has taking me 40 years to complete. This piece was one started in college and was going to be a colorful sunset type thing, or maybe bright trees. At any rate I started seeing this endless range of clouds and vast depth in a strange landscape and kind of went with that. Seems so clear now not sure why I couldn’t have seen that back then. As for the title, being a Kansas boy I thought about a saying that is old hat…”We aren’t in Kansas anymore Toto!” I believe the picture speaks to that fairly well, don’t you?
Art by Ken 
This is an absolutely breathtaking painting. It was worth the wait (40 yrs). 🙂
Turned out so much better than I imagined, photo doesn’t do it justice…appreciate you sharing with me
I can only imagine. It’s a keeper. Absolutely beautiful.
Appreciate you….sharing with me! 🙂 Glad you’re posting these! 🙂
My pleasure 🙂
Just beautiful…Thanks for sharing your work
Inspirational. Beautiful.
It’s not about where things start but where they go. And god damn this is beautiful, even if 40 years in the works. I, being a writer, am so drawn, mystified, and inspired by the visual arts.
Thank you 4 your shy and reserved opinion of my work…I actually love your reaction, it makes the journey worth it to hear that.
Reserved only because the straying thoughts this work has encapsulated within my own mind will see the light of day in some other form.
This one and North Fork vie for first place in my world. Really great work and thanks so much for sharing!
Cool, appreciate it…did you go back and any of my other posts, each piece is special to me but i feel others might rate higher on your list.
Forty Years to complete? Really Ken? Heck I could have done that same thing in 38 or 39… I too have projects sitting waiting for me to come back to them. I often dig out my oil paintings I did back in my college days 70’s and wonder “what was I thinking?” Or “Did I really do that?” Your best work will always be the one waiting to be completed. I love the painting you have here you can almost feel the heaviness of the dark clouds and feel the moisture of the light white clouds in front. Good Work Thank you for getting me to your blog… Oh, and thanks for stopping by my blog.
My pleasure…thank you
you do beautiful work, keep going
Great work, Ken. I just want to stay within the white clouds and not move out.
In a strange way… this reminds me of Clarice Cliff designs? Gorgeous colours – it reminds me of the way I dream about places I know like the back of my hand.
Reblogged this on JBoyMoet.
Definitely not Kansas. Perhaps where a Kansas boy dreams of being in the great beyond.
I really like this one. I haven’t been in Kansas for a long time. The colors are great. I like the way it leads me to the upper right hand corner, only to be led back into the depths picture by the orange at the last minute.
Really nice Ken. Chin
I love it..and it makes me think of the quote: As Above so Below
Great quote. I absolutely agree. There is a balance to this piece.
Thank you very much
That’s beautiful, almost reminds me of steps to heaven.
I love the colours and the clouds are so strong and yet ambiguous – they also look like mountains.