When do we feel transcendence? Perhaps when we connect with a work of art. When the emotions the artist felt while creating the work extend to the viewer. When the presence of the painting becomes an empathetic experience.
Kenneth Peloke harnesses this current of emotion in his new work. The inspiration he feels becomes palpable in the paintings themselves—titled to reflect such conductivity. “I want people to understand what I was feeling in that moment when I created the piece,” he says. The forces at play while he paints—his thoughts and feelings—translate into their presence at Altamira, through their titles, through their interpretative compositions. “The pieces are titled as an extension of me and my moods and feelings,” Peloke says.
“Faith,” for instance, features a horse against a dark background, with a spotlight casting deep shadows around the equine star. “It looks like he is running through the dark toward something,” Peloke says. The experience of an artist, navigating through uncertainty.
