ART BY KEN CHAMPAGNE
Artist. Historian. Â Louisianian.
Every conversation. Every book. Every experience is rushing in there somewhere. I paint people. My focus is generally history, religion, or the real life people I see everyday or what I refer to as "low Americana." (I am a surveyor. My job is to observe.) Much of my paintings involve Catholic iconography. I am drawn to the images of the Renaissance and Baroque period. These are time honored subjects and I wanted to see what I can do with them. And, of course, Louisiana history...there's a lot of ground to cover on that topic alone.
"Genius is the discovery of hidden simplicity."
Ken Champagne
ARTIST PROFILE
About Ken Champagne
Ken Champagne has spent most of his life living in and around Baton Rouge as reflected through numerous works based on the history of the area. Over the years he has traveled across the country, often by bike, to experience people and places with a different perspective.  Incensed by social injustice as anybody, he paints both the things he observes and has lived through himself.  He's particularly proud of his 30+ years of sobriety, which he attributes in large part to painting. His unique style blends history, social commentary and a unique take on the world around him.  Take a look at his selected works and get in touch for more information.
IN THE NEWS
January 5, 2015
"Local artist Kenneth Champagne has turned the tensions between Baton Rouge and the proposed city of St. George into artwork...In this drawing titled "Abandon Ship!", Champagne likens the city of Baton Rouge to the sinking Titanic. In the foreground, people in a "City of St. George" lifeboat row away."
THE ADVOCATE: BATON ROUGE HISTORICAL MURAL DISPLAYED AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
October 22, 2011
"Kenny Champagne explains his Baton Rouge historical mural to Glen Oaks high school freshmen...For the past two years he worked on a mural depicting the history of Baton Rouge over the past 600 years."
CONTACT
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