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Sunrise - Sunset Studios

The Art of Allen Fossenkemper

Award winning artist and long time resident of Arizona, Allen Fossenkemper began his serious painting efforts later in life. After a successful career in the computer industry he returned to college to study under such talented and recognized names as Ina May Moore, Wendy Hill, Dr Joan Ritch and at the Scottsdale Art Institute. His work reflects the diversity of his many interests and travels and can inspire a pause and reflection on the simple beauty of our world.

AWARD WINNING PAINTINGS

"1917 in Arroyo Seco"

1st Place Winner

(Selected as the First Place Winner in Acrylics for the Fountain Hill's Art Competition)

"We took a trip to Pasadena and there on a beautiful December afternoon found our way to Arroyo Seco. The Colorado Street Bridge was built over this canyon in 1917 and has become an icon to the residents of Pasadena. Even though many changes have taken place in the canyon since the early years of the 20th Century I wanted to capture what it might have looked like in December of 1917 so I eliminated the concrete and steel and imagined the stream as it looked then. "

16x20 Acrylic on Canvas - Original or Giclee' Prints available

"The Old Chair"

Third Place Winner - Oil Award Fountain Hills Art Show

"While staying a the Elysian Market B and B in Tucson Arizona I awoke on a Sunday morning and at the foot of my bed was this old chair flooded in partial sunlight from the french doors of the patio. I got my camera from the night stand and took a photograph with the full intent of painting this interesting scene."

{"Depression Era Series}

16 x 20 Oil on Canvas - Original or Giclee' Prints available

"Wrenchman"
16x24 Watercolor on Paper
First Place Winner 2006 Art League Juried show
{"Depression Era Series}

"Buddy Can You Spare A Dime"
15x19 Watercolor on Paper
Third Place Winner 2006 Art League Show
{"Depression Era Series}

"La Porte Rouge"

11x14 Acrylic on Linen *Giclee Prints Available

Third Place Winner 2008

Fountain Hills Cultural Council Juried Show

"Sunrise Over Four Peaks"
16X20 Acrylic on Canvas
Selected as the Cover of the 2008 PDS Phone DIrectory
"NFS Private Collection

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Paintings selected for Juried Art Show

"Brooklyn By Night"

11x14 Oil on Canvas
Photograph taken by my Son who lives in Manhattan. Warm summer night he couldn't sleep
so he went on a picture taking adventure along the East River.

"Lord Balgonie"
8x10 Oil on Canvas
Original in Private Collection - Prints Available

"In 2007 we spent 3 week in Scotland in a little village on the east coast. On a drive one day we discovered an old castle with a small sign that said "Castle Balgonie." When we drove down the drive there was a sign at the front wall gate saying: "ring bell and wait or check in the garden." We did both and found "Balgonie" lingering in his garden down the hill from by the river. He came back up with my wife and offered a tour of his 14th Century castle. I took a candid photo of him inside the keep as he talked with my wife. When I got home I saw this great paint in the photo."

"Aspen Stand"

8x10 Watercolor on Paper Original and Giclee Prints Available

"42nd and Lexington"

22x30 Watercolor on Paper

Original in Private Collection - Giclee Prints Available

{"Depression Era Series}

"Marin Farm"
16X20 Acrylic on Canvas
Original and Giclee Prints Available

Mount Tamalpias

16x20 Acrylic on Canvas

(private collection)

Grand Canal At Sunset - Venice

8x10 Acrylic on Wood Panel

"Midnight walk in Central Park"

5x7 Watercolor and Acrylic on artboard

Original and Prints available

"Golden Valley"
11x14 Acrylic on Board
Original and Giclee Prints Available

"Dad's 1937 Bowling Team"
22x30 Watercolor on Paper
In Private Collection (NFS)

{"Depression Era Series}

"WPA Wash Room"

22x30 Watercolor on Paper

{"Depression Era Series}

"Escape From Death Valley"

8.5x11 Acrylic on Canvas Board

"Afternoon Fog in the City"

16x20 Acrylic on Canvas - Giclee Prints Available

Winter in Venice

Painted from photograph of a Christmas Trip to Venice.

11x14 Acrylic on Canvas.

* "The decade of the Great Depression was a major force in the development of the United States. Not only was this period filled with terrible hardships for millions it also saw some of the most significant accomplishments of man. From the Empire State Building to the Golden Gate Bridge, from the electrifying of the Tennessee Valley to the building of hundreds of federal park facilities, this era forever changed what Americans felt they could accomplish and set the stage for the super power we are today. I begun a series of paintings called the "Depression Era" that will be combined with lectures and offered to High School Students in hopes that this important era will not be lost to the lack of exposure it now receives in our schools."

... Allen Fossenkemper

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography is a large part of what Allen does with his spare time and travels. Many of the paintings on this webpage were inspired by Allen's photographic. Many of Allen's photograhs are art in themselves, worthy of any living room.