Angel, 18x24 inches, oil on stretched canvas, by Kenney Mencher (framed 19x25)
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This piece is part of my Fresh Finds project—a plan to release and reshare older works from my archive. I painted this in 1992 while I was in grad school at UC Davis, right after I met Valerie. I’d seen Annie Lennox on the cover of The Advocate with metal wings on her back, and that image stuck with me. It got me thinking about mixing materials and playing with texture in new ways.
At the time, I was working on my master’s in art history and experimenting with late 19th- and 20th-century techniques. I stretched the canvas myself, embedded lace into the second layer of gesso, and regessoed over it. I also found a little blue flower applique on an old piece of furniture and added that to the surface.
The angel figure—with red-orange wings and a pale blue dress—was painted with thick bristle brushes. There’s a lot of texture here, both from the lace and the paint application. The frame came from a roommate who ran a framing shop—he let me use molding in exchange for helping him cover rent, so a lot of my early work has handmade, ornate frames like this one.
Details
Title: Angel with Red Wings
Artist: Kenney Mencher
Year: 1992
Medium: Oil on canvas with embedded lace and found object (applique)
Size: 18 x 24 inches (painting), approx. 19 x 25 inches framed
Frame: Ornate gold frame from reclaimed molding
Condition: Excellent, original work, signed
FREE SHIPPING
This is a handmade work of art NOT a print
Shipping takes 3-4 Weeks
This piece is part of my Fresh Finds project—a plan to release and reshare older works from my archive. I painted this in 1992 while I was in grad school at UC Davis, right after I met Valerie. I’d seen Annie Lennox on the cover of The Advocate with metal wings on her back, and that image stuck with me. It got me thinking about mixing materials and playing with texture in new ways.
At the time, I was working on my master’s in art history and experimenting with late 19th- and 20th-century techniques. I stretched the canvas myself, embedded lace into the second layer of gesso, and regessoed over it. I also found a little blue flower applique on an old piece of furniture and added that to the surface.
The angel figure—with red-orange wings and a pale blue dress—was painted with thick bristle brushes. There’s a lot of texture here, both from the lace and the paint application. The frame came from a roommate who ran a framing shop—he let me use molding in exchange for helping him cover rent, so a lot of my early work has handmade, ornate frames like this one.
Details
Title: Angel with Red Wings
Artist: Kenney Mencher
Year: 1992
Medium: Oil on canvas with embedded lace and found object (applique)
Size: 18 x 24 inches (painting), approx. 19 x 25 inches framed
Frame: Ornate gold frame from reclaimed molding
Condition: Excellent, original work, signed
FREE SHIPPING
This is a handmade work of art NOT a print
Shipping takes 3-4 Weeks
This piece is part of my Fresh Finds project—a plan to release and reshare older works from my archive. I painted this in 1992 while I was in grad school at UC Davis, right after I met Valerie. I’d seen Annie Lennox on the cover of The Advocate with metal wings on her back, and that image stuck with me. It got me thinking about mixing materials and playing with texture in new ways.
At the time, I was working on my master’s in art history and experimenting with late 19th- and 20th-century techniques. I stretched the canvas myself, embedded lace into the second layer of gesso, and regessoed over it. I also found a little blue flower applique on an old piece of furniture and added that to the surface.
The angel figure—with red-orange wings and a pale blue dress—was painted with thick bristle brushes. There’s a lot of texture here, both from the lace and the paint application. The frame came from a roommate who ran a framing shop—he let me use molding in exchange for helping him cover rent, so a lot of my early work has handmade, ornate frames like this one.
Details
Title: Angel with Red Wings
Artist: Kenney Mencher
Year: 1992
Medium: Oil on canvas with embedded lace and found object (applique)
Size: 18 x 24 inches (painting), approx. 19 x 25 inches framed
Frame: Ornate gold frame from reclaimed molding
Condition: Excellent, original work, signed
