The Tyrone Hospital Art Gallery is now featuring the work of Michael Edward Kensinger of Tyrone.
\nKensinger\u2019s exhibit will be on display until September 18, and this is his first art exhibit.
\nKensinger\u2019s exhibit consists of pen and ink wildlife illustrations.
\n\u201cI have been drawing since I was four years old,\u201d said Kensinger. \u201cI have always had a fascination with wildlife and nature, so on rainy days I\u2019d stay inside and try to recreate it all on paper.\u201d
\nKensinger says he likes the rawness and the way ink artists have to use line to trick the eye of the viewer into believing what they are seeing. He works primarily in pen and ink but does some colored illustration, often in cooperation with his ink drawings.
\n\u201cI add some color to make the drawing more rounded, at times.\u201d
\nWildlife is Kensinger\u2019s favorite subject and he thinks locals will relate to his artwork because most of what he has done for the Tyrone Hospital exhibit are animals found in Pennsylvania.
\n\u201cFor inspiration all I need to do is take to the woods, go trout fishing, or bird watching. If I am lucky, I will stumble onto something really interesting and then go home and try to relive the experience through art,\u201d said Kensinger.
\nHe is also inspired by the artwork of the late Ned Smith.
\n\u201cEver since I was a child, his paintings have been around. I thought how great it must be to have that talent. \u201c
\nKensinger\u2019s wildlife illustrations have appeared with Mark Nale\u2019s outdoor column in both the Centre Daily Times and The Daily Herald.
\nHe is 21-years-old and says that his art is a serious hobby that he hopes will someday morph into a career.
\n\u201cI am extremely happy to be putting on this exhibit. I hope the community enjoys what they see.\u201d
\nFor more information about the Tyrone Hospital Art Gallery, contact Annette Lynn at 684-6315 or Theresa Yanchetz at 684-6348.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Tyrone Hospital Art Gallery is now featuring the work of Michael Edward Kensinger of Tyrone. Kensinger\u2019s exhibit will be on display until September 18, and this is his first art exhibit. Kensinger\u2019s exhibit consists of pen and ink wildlife illustrations. \u201cI have been drawing since I was four years old,\u201d said Kensinger. \u201cI have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}