Talented Blind Artist James Kessinger

Learning a new talent late in life can sometimes be a challenge. Couple that with having limited vision, and you can imagine how difficult learning that new talent and being successful at it would be.  Well, this is exactly what James Kessinger did.  He took up painting later in life, and did so, despite the fact that his vision was almost non existent. The thought of losing your eye sight might seem like the end of the world, especially if you are a visual artist.

Talented blind painter James Kessinger proves otherwise with his breathtakingly beautiful and very colorful works of art.
James Kessinger came up with a way to paint with his very limited sight. Determining the placement on canvas and then picking the colors he wants, he creates brilliant works of art. Over time he has developed many methods to perfect his system and the results are amazing abstract works of art.


Most blind artists can decipher the difference between sunlight and darkness. They often cannot tell the difference between the texture colors using his sight, and so they create a system to address this.

Interestingly, subjects who lose vision later in life—called the later blind—frequently interpret raised outlines more readily than either sighted or early blind individuals do, according to Morton Heller of Winston-Salem University. One likely explanation is that the later blind have a double advantage in these tasks: they are typically more familiar with pictures than are the early blind, and they have much better tactile skills than do the sighted. Blind artists are therefore able to paint with the same skill set as the sighted painter.  From the studies undertaken with artists who are blind and have lost their sight later in life, it is clear that blind people and blind artists, like James Kesinger can appreciate the use of outlines and perspective to describe the arrangement of objects and other surfaces in space


 James is not only a painter, but also one that gives back to those in need through his involvement with a charity which he donates his proceeds of his paintings to. James Kessinger, a successful businessman who grew up on a farm in Kentucky has found a new way to express his experience of the world around him in painting however


 James beautiful abstract artwork for sale shows that when you put your mind to it, there isn't anything that one cannot accomplish.  This month, and throughout the summer, James is featuring his paintings on his website, www.jameskessingeroriginals.com and is offering a limited time sale, with 50% off all paintings in his gallery.


 We encourage you to visit his website and view these magnificent paintings, and take advantage of this special summer sale, where you can purchase these original, one of a kind masterpieces, at a great sale price!


Visit www.jameskessingeroriginals today to view his abstract paintings for sale, learn more about the artist, his history, and style of painting, and contact him today for more information!

 

Beauty and Art from Blind Artists

Beauty and Art From Blind Artists
You must see and experience the beautiful art from this blind artist who uses his gifts to better understand the world and to show you his lovely perspective on life through magnificent art that will amaze you. This is an artist that does not have formal training in art. He does have an astounding perspective on life that clearly is filled with a beautiful self-expression that is so remarkable and exciting to see in the art that he offers to the world.

Mr. Kessinger had an onset of macular degeneration in the year 1972. This has left him to paint for the last 30 years within his own mind. He has the amazing ability to create the images that he can see in his own mind. He has the ability to create beautiful art internally. He must view the world through a one inch round glass monocle due to the degeneration of his eyes. He has been considered to be legally blind since the year 1978. This does not stop him from creating beautiful paintings and art. Oil paint may actually speak to him even though he cannot see it. Art may come to this man through his awakened senses.

James Kessinger will show you a very different and unique point of view.

James Kessinger is a blind painter with amazing talent and artistic gifts. You will discover some fascinating Blind Artist Paintings For Sale. You will have the option to purchase an original Abstract Acrylic Art piece that is extraordinary. It will be like no other art that you have ever seen before. Mr. Kessinger will show you a different view of the world through his remarkable art. This is an individual who has found a freedom with the use of art even though he is blind.

It was evident to see the level of determination and James’ ambitions and entrepreneurship early in his life. In 1966, James was granted the first of two patents in electronics testing and measurement. At that time, he formed Kessinger Industries, an electronics manufacturing company in Elizabethtown, KY, to produce his patents for the Department of Defense. In 1972 he sold this company and originated WK Products, a commercial salvage company, also in Elizabethtown.

A bit of this history touches on the passion James has for doing everything to the best of his ability.  For a tour of his paintings, simply visit his beautiful online gallery at www.jameskessingeroriginals.com

James Kessinger Originals

James Kessinger is a blind artist who has been creating beautiful abstract artwork for sale since he lost most of his sight years ago.  His tenacity is evident that a person is not limited by their physical limitations, but rather only by their lack of desire.  James knew that his vision would not stop him from creating beautiful paintings, and was determined to bring to the world the beauty he still saw in his mind and was able to recreate on canvas.  It is a great lesson to all of us, that when you put your mind to it, there isn't anything that one cannot accomplish.  This month, and throughout the end of September, James is featuring his paintings on his website, www.jameskessingeroriginals.com and is offering a limited time sale, with 50% off all paintings in his gallery



Most blind artists can decipher the difference between sunlight and darkness. They often cannot tell the difference between the texture colors using his sight, and so they create a system to address this.

Strata Reduction is a painting process wherein James Kessinger, a blind artist paints multiple-layered pictures on one canvas, each fully covering the one behind it, with each picture complementing the previous one. Main features of each painting are strategically located so that when the layered painting is complete, sections of the painting may be sanded to reveal portions of the features underneath.

The painting that results from this feature placement and sanding technique produces a finished and purely non-derivative work of art with incomparable aesthetics and depth. The result, spectacular abstract acrylic paintings which are for sale to the public. James’ work has garnered high praise from art experts, such as Ray Taylor, art curator, auctioneer, and TV personality.

If you have ever been in awe about a beautiful piece of acrylic art that you saw hanging in a friends home, you know how much a painting can not only add to the beauty of a room, but it can create an emotion in you.  Paintings are meant to produce a reaction, and the reactions that the paintings of blind artist James Kessinger are nothing less than spectacular.  From young and old, from novice to art expert, the abstract acrylic paintings produced by this talented artist show that painting comes from within.

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James is not only a painter, but also one that gives back to those in need through his involvement with a charity which he donates his proceeds of his paintings to. James Kessinger, a successful businessman who grew up on a farm in Kentucky has found a new way to express his experience of the world around him in painting however

Today, James sells his abstract acrylic paintings on his website, www.jameskessingeroriginals.com. For a limited time this summer, James is offering a 50% off all of his abstract acrylic canvas art work. To learn more about owning one of these rare paintings, visit his website today!

An artist in the making

Imagine growing up in a family of 10 children on a Kentucky farm in the mid-20th century; being bright to the point of genius; utilizing mundane objects to devise methods of satisfying your intellectual curiosity and developing your own toys from wood and clay; converting an unused outhouse into a science laboratory for exploration; paying your college expenses by serving as a

restaurant cook; falling in love, getting married, and becoming the father of a beautiful daughter and a handsome son; developing one business after another only to fail because of inadequate capital, and finally achieving success with a major business, only to find that your vision is being stolen by macular degeneration at the age of 32.

 

And, even with the on-set of macular degeneration which quickly leads to blindness, imagine refusing to give up or to feel sorry for yourself. Instead, with the assistance of the Kentucky

Department of the Blind, imagine acquiring equipment that can enlarge materials, and imagine continuing the business, even expanding into two additional regions.

 

After achieving major success, imagine that it is time to retire and to sell the business, yet staying on for a number of years as president at the behest of the new owner. At this point the imagination ceases. You have just witnessed a recounting of the early to middle life of the legally-blind professional artist, James Kessinger.  James Kessinger Fine Art Gallery contains many of the beautiful abstract paintings, abstract acrylic canvas paintings, and original artwork by blind artist James Kessinger.

James’ ambitions and entrepreneurship encountered a circuitous route to success. In 1966, James was granted the first of two patents in electronics testing and measurement. At that time, he formed Kessinger Industries, an electronics manufacturing company in Elizabethtown, KY, to produce his patents for the Department of Defense. In 1972 he sold this company and originated WK Products, a commercial salvage company, also in Elizabethtown. The year 1976 was when James was diagnosed with macular degeneration.

 

Over the next several years, his vision continued to deteriorate, and in 1979, he sold WK Products. Shortly thereafter, he became general manager of the packaging division of Belknap Inc. in

Ocoee, FL. While with Belknap, he created, in Orlando, FL, Line Associates, a design and marketing company with emphasis in retail display.

 

In 1984, James’ vision loss had reached such a debilitating stage that he left his business and returned to be near family in Kentucky.  Soon after, James began painting.  James’ works were immediately recognized as extraordinary. Very quickly his innovative mind visualized an even more refined artistic procedure, and his Strata Reduction technique, a new and vibrant form of Abstract Impressionism, was born.

 

Strata Reduction is a painting process wherein James paints multiple-layered pictures on one canvas, each fully covering the one behind it, with each picture complementing the previous one. Main features of each painting are strategically located so that when the layered painting is complete, sections of the painting may be sanded to reveal portions of the features underneath.

The painting that results from this feature placement and sanding technique produces a finished and purely non-derivative work of art with incomparable aesthetics and depth. The result, spectacular abstract acrylic paintings which are for sale to the public. James’ work has garnered high praise from art experts, such as Ray Taylor, art curator, auctioneer, and TV personality.

 

According to Mr. Taylor, "In the fall of 2008, I received three grainy faxes of James Kessinger’s art. I glanced at it and summarily threw it in the trashcan next to my desk. Why? Because so many amateur artists, after they discover how hard it is to paint, decide to paint an ‘abstract.’ It’s usually a muddled mess and certainly nothing new on today’s art scene. After an hour or so, the faxes began to nag at me. I picked them up, straightened them out, and began to look at them with a far more critical eye. They were good. They were really very, very good. I called Mr. Kessinger and was pleasantly surprised to hear how intelligent and how well-versed on many subjects he was. He mentioned he had macular degeneration and was very nearly blind. We discussed the matter, and I arrived at the conclusion that there was simply no need to sell his paintings as novelty. They are so good that there still is no need. I was selling his 69th painting, and a client asked why he added ‘TBA’ after his name. I replied ‘It stands for 'The Blind Artist.’ It was at that moment that our collectors began to see his art in a whole new light.”

Soon James was offered opportunities for his work to be shown through a variety of medium, such as televised art show auctions, one-man displays, large city charitable endeavors, and university galleries. Such exposure swiftly led to increased purchase of his talent and an escalation in requests for custom, commissioned pieces for individuals, for large law firms and businesses, and for foreign, as well as domestic, collectors. You can now own these beautiful abstract paintings by blind artist James Kessinger.

 

Today, James sells his abstract acrylic paintings on his website, www.jameskessingeroriginals.com. For a limited time this summer, James is offering a 50% off all of his abstract acrylic canvas art work. To learn more about owning one of these rare paintings, visit his website today!

The Vision Behind Blind Artist James Kessinger

The Vision behind Blind Artists

Blind artists are people who are physically unable to see normally, yet work in the visual arts. This may seem to be a contradiction to some, considering that only around of 10% visually impaired people with blindness can see absolutely nothing at all. As a result, most blind people can in fact perceive at least some bit of light and form.  It is through this limited sense of sight that blind artists apply this limited vision and can create beautiful pieces of art. A second reason that blind artists, limited by their vision can produce creative works of both paintings and sculptures that amaze admirers of their work is because, for many, they were once able to see just as you and I with perfect vision, and just lost part of all their vision later in life, as a result of a disease or an injury.  For these reasons, blind artists are able to offer a rare look and special insight into the study of blindness and shed light on how art can be viewed by the blind.

James Kessinger is one of these rare and talented artists who lost most of h is ability to see, yet, creates inspiring art today. He was born and raised on a farm in Kentucky, and later in life as an adult, joined the Army. After returning home from Viet Nam, he was the owner and operator of several successful businesses. Then in his early 30’s, James began to lose his sight due to macular degeneration.  James is now in his 60’s and is only able to see what he can view within one inch or less through a special glass monocle. James began his life as a professional artist, and proudly displays his artwork and that of other artists on his website, James Kessinger Originals (www.jameskessingeroriginals.com) Confined by his limited sight, he has surprised, stunned, and received the attention and recognition of art critics worldwide. James uses a style referred to as strata reduction, which as Kessinger describes is the practice of painting layered pictures on top of one another, then sands away portions of the top layer. The results are breathtaking.  Many of the paintings on his website are now on sale, from July through September 30th.   For those who enjoy abstract expressionism, abstract paintings, and abstract sculptures,  it is well worth taking a browse through his online gallery and owning one of these prize pieces of abstract artwork at reduced prices though the summer months. Abstract art for sale through the summer prices can be viewed online at his website.  Abstract Acrylic Paintings and Abstract Oil Paintings are features on his expansive online gallery.

Abstract Expressionism is also referred to as Gestural Abstraction, because its brush strokes reveal the persons process. The process is the subject of the art itself. Abstract Expressionists strove to uncover their most personal feelings directly through making art, and thereby achieve some transformation, or if possible, some personal redemption.

Abstract impressionism is an art of abstract painting in which the artists expresses themselves through the use of colors with no need or objective representations. In abstract impressionism, soft brush strokes build large areas which exhibits control of entire painting expressing the artists’ mental focus on inner emotions. James Kessinger certainly exhibits the style of abstract expressionism, seen through his many paintings found on James Kessinger Originals. Abstract impressionism reflects certain emotional states and the artists’ puts paint to canvas and feels it to be the best, without intention of final outcome.

The most important predecessor of abstract impressionism was of course impressionism and any other abstract movements. Abstract impressionism can be divided into three groups. The first group is impressionists without need to paint anything concrete. Imagine Monet and the various colors, different shapes, and positions. The second groups are Color Field Painters whose works reflect intense colors, simple shapes, and are often done on large canvasses and have flat composition. The last groups in this style are painters’ referred to as Action Painters, such as Pollock, with a more soft style and delicate reflection of surfaces and colors.

Blind Artist James Kessinger is a lover of art and gives back to the community. He shares the proceeds of his painting sales to a charity which is near and dear to his heart, namely, The Orphaned Earring, which was initially created with the purpose of providing a Christmas party to an orphanage in Nicaragua. It has now evolved to a charity blog group with the purpose of helping children in Nicaragua, Santa Fe Colombia, Guatemala and Rosarito, Mexico that are temporarily living in special homes, are orphans or that have been abandoned.