Ken Spooner
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3 Birds on a Wire
ink on paper with wire
20 x 25cm £650 -
SoldA Kind of Blue
mixed media on paper
72 x 51cm £2800 -
Bandit
ceramic and steel
75cm high £1500 -
SoldBearded Man with Red Bra
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £495 -
Berlin with Bird
ceramic
68cm high £675 -
SoldBird
ceramic
14cm tall -
SoldBird
ceramic
34cm tall -
Bird Collection
acrylic on board
13 x 13cm each £350 each -
Bird in Flight
ceramic & wood
32cm high £350 -
SoldBird with Spots
ceramic
12cm high £375 -
SoldBirds
ceramic
14cm tall -
SoldBirds
ceramic
(left) 36cm (right) 17cm -
SoldBlack Bird
ceramic, wood, metal
49cm high -
Chieftan
wood and steel
97cm tall £3500 -
SoldCitadel
lead
52cm tall £1950 -
Crisscross Vessel
ceramic
57cm high £675 -
SoldDiamond Flats
mixed media
24 x 24cm £1250 -
Evolution
mixed media on canvas
98 x 98cm £3500 -
Exotic Bird in the Garden
acrylic on board
20 x 20cm £550 -
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mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm -
Exploding Head Grey
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £495 -
Exploding Head X
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £495 -
Flight
mixed media on canvas
76 x 76cm £2950 -
FW Study
mixed media on board
13 x 13cm £275 -
SoldFW16
mixed media on board
13 x 13cm -
FW6
mixed media on board
13 x 13cm £275 -
Head Berlin
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £450 -
Hero 2
mixed media on board
60 x 48cm £2750 -
SoldK14
ceramic
61cm tall -
SoldK17
ceramic
60cm tall £750 -
SoldK19
ceramic
58cm tall £995 -
SoldK2, K3 and K4
ceramic
20cm, 30cm, 36cm £200, £250, £285 -
SoldK27
ceramic
60cm tall £995 -
SoldK31
ceramic
32cm tall -
SoldK33
ceramic
43cm tall £350 -
SoldOceans Blue
acrylic on canvas
120 x 120cm £4995 -
SoldOlly
ceramic and wood
38cm high -
Owlerplane
ceramic & wheels
25cm high £1350 -
Penzance Birds
ceramic, wood, metal, rope
50cm wide £650 -
Project White I & II
ceramic
60cm high £585 each -
Rebel
mixed media on board
50 x 40cm £1950 -
SoldRed Stella
Steel
98cm tall £2500 -
Riot
mixed media on shaped board
53 x 53cm £1500 -
Seeds 2
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £495 -
SoldSeeds 3
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm -
Seeds 4
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £495 -
SoldSeeds 5
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm -
SoldSeeds 7
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm -
SoldSeeds 8
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm -
Speckled Bird
ceramic and wood
45cm high £575 -
SoldStanding Bird
ceramic and wood
38cm high -
Standing Planes I & II
ceramic
60cm high (left) 64cm high (right) £750 each -
SoldStop Now
ceramic
57cm high -
Super Hero
mixed media
20 x 20cm £450 -
The Answer’s on the Telephone
ink on paper with wire
25 x 15cm £695 -
The Bat
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £450 -
This is Not a Flower Painting
mixed media on board
50 x 40cm £1950 -
Three Birds
ceramic and wood
79cm high £750 -
SoldTwo Stackers
mixed media
20 x 20cm -
Two Vessels
mixed media on board
50 x 40cm £1950 -
unique edition of “Ignition”
book with original paintings in wooden sculpture slipcase
35 x 7 x 24cm £245 -
Venus
mixed media on canvas
110 x 85cm £3800 -
Venus Rocks
mixed media on canvas
100 x 100cm £3950 -
Vessel
mixed media on board
50 x 40cm £1950 -
Walking the Dog
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm £450 -
SoldWhite Bird
ceramic
32cm high -
White Bird
ceramic & wood
29cm high £350 -
SoldWinged Head
mixed media on canvas
20 x 20cm
Ken Spooner: To be an artist, and to make art is not about subject – still life, nudes, landscape.
It is not about figuration or abstraction. Life living breathing touching feeling love. Giving oneself over to what you do. For me art always been about the object.
A straight line, or square is MALE.
A curved line, or circle is FEMALE.
I like to put the two together and see what happens. I like the endless possibilities that this can lead to.
Art for me is not about having a style. I see style as a trap. A box or cage. A prison for creativity. To make art one has to let go of what one knows and to take a leap into the unknown.
Art is about creation, not stagnation.
Art is not the style of the artist…
The artist IS the style.
The objects he produces are only the byproduct of his imagination:
The work is the last word.
We have to look further than what we can see, what we know and what we feel.
The objective chance.
Iconic artist Ken Spooner, now in his 70s, shows no sign of slowing down his creative output. His paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs and assemblages show a true reflection of the artist’s restless and uncompromising nature.
Ken Spooner was born in Leek, Staffordshire and lives in Penwith, West Cornwall.
Despite receiving no formal art training, he was awarded a 1st Class (hons) degree in Fine Art by North Staffordshire University in the mid 1950s.
He was represented and exhibited at Gallery County West in San Fransisco, USA from 1980 – 85 and Gallery Five o’Clock in Lausanne, Switzerland from 1992 – 99.
Selected Commissions and Projects
Ignition – hardback book accompanying solo exhibition at Cornwall Contemporary
Terence Disdale Design
Rose Barber Film Company
Decor Gallery
NEC Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
Wedgewood Memorial Garden, Staffordshire
3 years on projects with William Mitchell Design, High Wycombe
British Libraries Millennium Memory Bank
BBC Home Services as guest for Arts Design
Short film by BBC about work and working methods
work in private collections worldwide
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 – ‘Symbiosis’ Cornwall Contemporary
2015 – ‘Art Will Drown your Eyes’ Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance
2014 – ‘Ignition’ Cornwall Contemporary, Penzance
2011 – Millennium, St. Ives
2007 – ‘Many Layers’ Goldfish, Penzance
1992 – 99 – Gallery Five o ‘Clock, Switzerland
1980 – 85 – Gallery Country West, San Fransisco, USA
Selected Mixed Exhibitions
2015 NSA exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives
2015 FRESH AIR, sculpture exhibition, riverside gardens, Gloucestershire
2014 NSA exhibition PZ Gallery, Critics Choice curated by Laura Gascoigne, arts critic and writer
2010 House of Fairy Tales, Millennium, St. Ives
2009 NSA exhibition RWA, Bristol
2008 Summer Show, Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London
2006 Campden Gallery, London
2006 Spontaneous Combustion, Trelowarren
2004 Identity, NSA, Newlyn Art Gallery
2003, Critics Choice, NSA, Newlyn Art Gallery