Kit Gentry • Village Galleries Maui

Kit Gentry • Village Galleries Maui • To request photos of available work click here.

2001, Arts for the Parks 15th Annual Exhibition • National juried show in Jackson, Wyoming. Oil painting, "Kipahulu from Kuloa Point," was accepted into the Top 100.

2001, Lahaina Poster Contest Exhibition. • Annual multi-artist show on Maui, juried for the first time. Pastel, "Old Lahaina Courthouse, East Entrance," won the "Best of Show" award.

2001, Art Maui. • Annual juried show at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. Oil painting, "Waihe'e Valley," was purchased by the Hawaii State Foundation for Culture and the Arts.

2001, Two-artist Exhibition at The Village Gallery, Maui.

2000 Lahaina Poster Contest Exhibition. • Annual multi-artist show on Maui. Oil painting, "Shade," won the "Best of Show" and "People's Choice" awards.

2000, "For the Love of Nature." • Multi-artist landscape show at the Honolulu Advertiser Gallery, O'ahu.

2000, Art Maui • Annual juried show at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. • Pastel, "Backlight," was accepted into the show and purchased by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

2000 "These are the Highlands." • Solo exhibition at the Art School at Kapalua, Maui.

2000, Two-Artist Exhibition at The Village Gallery, Maui.

1999 Art Maui

1991. The University of Michigan School of Art Annual Awards Exhibition. • Juried show of student work. Won two university awards for oil painting.

Annual Exhibition • January 4 - 24, 2008

Reception: Friday, Jan.4th, 6 - 9 pm 120 Dickenson Street

Artist's Statement…
“In all of my work, I prefer to practice disciplined realism from an observation of nature, because I feel that our dearest emotions are attached to the real and immediate experience of life, and that the true grandeur of life is best perceived through nature itself.

About Kit Gentry: has lived on Maui since 1993 after moving to the island from home state of Michigan, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Michigan School of Art. Although he occasionally paints architectural subjects, most of his pictures are focused on landscape or other natural elements. "Landscape has always reflected the themes of most enduring interest for me: the vastness of the geological ages, the sheer power of natural forces, and the overwhelming mystery behind the very existence of the natural world. Nature is beautiful, but it's also powerful - even destructively, dangerously so - and I'm not interested in presenting nature as any more benign than it really is." K.G.

Exhibitions and Awards:

2004 Two-artist exhibition at The Village Gallery.

2003, Art Maui. • Two paintings were accepted: "Winter Surf, Ke'anae Coastline," and"Iao Valley," which was purchased by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

2003 Schaefer Portrait Challenge. • Hawaii's first state-wide juried portrait exhibition, held at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center.Ê My self-portrait in pastel was accepted and won the "Marian Freeman People's Choice Award."

2003 Two-artist exhibition at The Village Gallery.

2002, One-artist show at the Village Gallery.

2002, Art Maui. • Annual juried show at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. Oil painting, "Skyscrapers," was accepted into the show.

Mediums: Kit works primarily with three mediums: charcoal, oil, and pastel. Each of these mediums has its own unique characteristics, and he’s found that certain subjects lend themselves to the qualities of certain mediums, so subject matter can often influence his choice of working materials. In the interest of the work's longevity, Kit uses only archival materials that are known for their ability to withstand the test of time.

"Chronology" 2001 Oil on linen 18x27”

“Iao Valley” was featured in the Art Maui exhibition in 2003, and was purchased by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. The following excerpt from a review of the show was written by Paul Janes-Brown and appeared in the March 16th, 2003 edition of The Maui News:

"Gentry's radiant oil, 'Iao Valley,' will join the State's burgeoning public art collection. The selective focus in this large painting is most interesting. Gentry, a hyper-realist, doesn't paint like one sees, nor like a camera sees. He paints as if looking through a telescope with random focal points existing simultaneously throughout the canvas. It is an extraordinary technique."

Paul Janes-Brown

"Study of Tuberose" 2003 Oil on linen. 11x14”

"Iao Valley" 2003 Oil on linen 24x42”

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