Walking into Finch Lane Gallery, one is immediately struck by the sheer scope of Carel Brest van Kempen’s work, by what feels like a lifetime of meticulous observation and dedication to painting. BIODIVERGENT presents an extensive range of pieces, oscillating between hyperrealistic renderings of wildlife and surreal, metaphor-laden […]
What does it mean to die well? With honor? With purpose? Bountiful Davis Art Center (BDAC) explores these questions with a new exhibit curated by Chauncey Secrist: Ars Moriendi. This latin term, literally “the art of dying,” refers to upheavals in Europe after the Black Death, and the […]
In more than two decades as an artist, naturalist and author, Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen’s work has been shown locally, nationally and internationally. With the sole goal of deepening awareness of the natural world and how it functions, the artist tells us he was “a fairly late […]
