RK Rowell
UPTOWN
GALLERY
GALLERY
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"Everything is illuminated by the
light of our past, our shared
experience, our shared humanity."
Native Mississippian, RK Rowell’s
paintings strive to bring together
elements of primitive, folk and blues
art with a contemporary sensibility
to reflect iconic images of the south.
Jazz funerals, brass bands, blues
musicians, zydeco dancers, street
celebrations and neighborhoods
lined with wobbly shotgun cottages
wander across the canvas. They all
invite us to step in and complete
the picture with our own past.
Born in Poplarville, Mississippi,
Rudy Kent is a mostly self taught
artist. After receiving degrees in
Performing Arts and Education from
the University of Southern
Mississippi, He spent twenty years
on the beautiful Mississippi Gulf
Coast, teaching music in local and
New Orleans metro area schools. In
August of 2005, just as he was
settling into the life of a full time
artist, hurricane Katrina destroyed
his Bay St. Louis home and studio.
light of our past, our shared
experience, our shared humanity."
Native Mississippian, RK Rowell’s
paintings strive to bring together
elements of primitive, folk and blues
art with a contemporary sensibility
to reflect iconic images of the south.
Jazz funerals, brass bands, blues
musicians, zydeco dancers, street
celebrations and neighborhoods
lined with wobbly shotgun cottages
wander across the canvas. They all
invite us to step in and complete
the picture with our own past.
Born in Poplarville, Mississippi,
Rudy Kent is a mostly self taught
artist. After receiving degrees in
Performing Arts and Education from
the University of Southern
Mississippi, He spent twenty years
on the beautiful Mississippi Gulf
Coast, teaching music in local and
New Orleans metro area schools. In
August of 2005, just as he was
settling into the life of a full time
artist, hurricane Katrina destroyed
his Bay St. Louis home and studio.
Only Work for Beer
32" x 40"
32" x 40"
Tell it all in Tradition
15" x 45"
15" x 45"
NOLA Neighborhood
Watch
15" x 45"
Watch
15" x 45"
Deep Bass
24" x 30"
24" x 30"
Little Freddie
40" x 30"
40" x 30"
Fireworks
60" x 36"
60" x 36"
UnderPass
40" x 30"
40" x 30"
Let the Deacon Speak
40" x 30"
40" x 30"
In a short time, he began painting again, this time in an unheated barn
on his parents’ property in Pearl River County. Since that time, RK has
gained a reputation as a very popular artist in the New Orleans outdoor
market scene. He has received a grant from the Warhol Foundation, has
been chosen as a juried exhibitor for the River Arts Festival in Memphis,
TN , been chosen for numerous special exhibitions and is pleased to have
his " Southern Fried Blues Art and more......." grace the walls of private
homes from California to Kyoto. RK currently resides, just over the
Pearl River, in Bogalusa, La, with his dog, Fionn, and still commutes to
work in the barn.
on his parents’ property in Pearl River County. Since that time, RK has
gained a reputation as a very popular artist in the New Orleans outdoor
market scene. He has received a grant from the Warhol Foundation, has
been chosen as a juried exhibitor for the River Arts Festival in Memphis,
TN , been chosen for numerous special exhibitions and is pleased to have
his " Southern Fried Blues Art and more......." grace the walls of private
homes from California to Kyoto. RK currently resides, just over the
Pearl River, in Bogalusa, La, with his dog, Fionn, and still commutes to
work in the barn.