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Article: Artist Ken Green helped others find a niche; Successful in his own right, the Minneapolis native reached out to young talent and promoted Art Crawl.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- November 2, 2009
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Byline: TIM HARLOW; STAFF WRITER
For artist Ken Green, the key to creating a masterpiece was to study the mood and intricate details of a scene, then take his observations and draw them in his sketch book before transferring them to canvas.
That system paid off for the Minnesota-born artist, whose brightly colored oils, watercolors, acrylics, pencil drawings and mixed-media works are displayed in galleries across the United States. His works featuring jazz musicians, dancers, cityscapes and landscapes dot the walls of local office buildings, including American Express and the National City Bank, and have graced the homes of celebrities, including Bob ...