Statement Taken individually, each painting is a piece of my story --- my past (growing up somewhat at odds with my rural surroundings, changing landscapes, aggression versus compassion), my present (each image now doubles for artistic metaphors: isolation vs community, the give and take, survival. And my future (there is no one-to-one correlation between image and message, there is no hidden agenda). Any attempt to tell a story in a single picture would be too passive. Taken as a whole, these portraits breathe a living force. Again, the image folds upon itself: dependence on nature and dependence on artistic growth--- uprooting the idea of man-made. Growing up near Scranton, Pennsylvania, I slowly moved my way south through the state before settling in Philadelphia. A lover of craft brews, merlots, 90s hip hop and 70s punk rock, I am also a former English Major posing as a newspaper rep., a beer blogger and contributor for The Pinecone Gentleman. I live with my lovely longtime partner in crime and our spoiled-as-can-be cat, Oscar. Selected Exhibitions 2012 For Penn Treaty: The Slingluff Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2011 The Trail to Manatawny: Sweet Mabel Folk Art Gallery, Narberth, PA * The Pinecone Gentleman Contributors Show: Apple Jack Studios, Phila, PA 2010 A Ways Down to Ghost Town: The Slingluff Gallery, Philadelphia, PA * Fairmount Arts Crawl: ERA, Philadelphia, PA. Endangered: Bluebottle Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2009 Steady Breaths: Studio 27.28, Philadelphia, PA. * Northern Burden / Northern Revival: The Bog, Scranton, PA. * Shared Spaces: Sweet Mabel Folk Art Gallery, Narberth, PA * Re:Age: Nova 535, St. Petersburg, Fl. Postcards From the Edge: ello Gallery, Portsmouth, NH. The Birdhouse Show: The Slingluff Gallery, Philadephia, PA. Get Decked: Main St. Jukebox, Stroudsburg, PA. 2008 North to South: Near and Far, Philadelphia, PA. * Things to Come: Steel City, Phoenixville, PA . South to North, 3 Moons, Delaware Water Gap, PA. * Munny Doll Show, Main St, Jukebox, Stroudsburg, PA. Mating Season, Studio 27.28, Philadelphia, PA. That 70’s Record Show, Main St. Jukebox, Stroudsburg, PA. A Very Spooky Art Show, Main St. Jukebox, Stroudsburg, PA. Give Art, Sweet Mabel’s Folk Art Gallery, Narberth, PA. 2007 Balance, Regency Café, Lansdowne, PA. * Birds of a Feather. Main St. Jukebox, Stroudsburg, PA. * 2006 Things I’ve Collected. Near and Far, Philadelphia, PA. *Indicates Solo or Two Person Show. Press The Pocono Record- December 2006 The Electric City-August 2009 The Roxborough/ Manayunk Patch- March 2011 Represented by: The Slingluff Gallery 11 W. Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA theslingluffgallery@gmail.com slingluffgallery.com Contact: kevinstate@yahoo.com http://thepineconegentleman.comhttp://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080104/SHARPMAG01/801040309/-1/SHARPMAG0204http://archive.the570.com/arts/story.asp?id=49170&edition=EChttp://roxborough.patch.com/articles/philly-artist-combines-paint-and-brewmailto:Studio2728@yahoo.comhttp://www.slingluffgallery.commailto:kevinstate@yahoo.comshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6

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