portfolio
Ig'nint // 2026 // 48 x 54" // oil on canvas
The Pharoah's Daughter // 2024 // 84 x 48" // oil on canvas
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The Penitent Magdalene // 2022 // 36 x 42" // oil and mixed media on canvas
She Don't Need No Man (and if she did, it wouldn't be yo ass) // 2024 // 66 x 48" // oil on canvas
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statement | kenneth susynski
Kenneth Susynski is an American contemporary painter known for his unique, hybrid style that blends figurative expressionism with abstraction. His narrative oil paintings often explore historical, classical, and contemporary cultural themes with a distinct hint of wit and emotional contrast. His rendering of the human form is structurally influenced by a lifelong interest in historical and contemporary black-and-white photography. His work bridges multiple genres, combining elements of impressionism, traditional portraiture, sharp figuration, and fluid abstraction to create fresh, layered oil paintings.
"Kenneth Susynski’s oil paintings are an amalgamation. He draws from a variety of distinct traditions—impressionism, portraiture, figuration, abstraction, photography—to create uniquely hybrid work. Bold strokes coalesce into forms, which move in and out of representational modes—intricately rendered faces emerge from bursts of color suggesting bodies. The images gesture toward art-historical tropes and narratives without fully embodying them; his figures are somehow both vague and distinct, achieving a sense of timelessness."
- New Visionary Art Magazine (NYC), Issue 10, 2024
Kenneth Susynski is an American contemporary painter known for his unique, hybrid style that blends figurative expressionism with abstraction. His narrative oil paintings often explore historical, classical, and contemporary cultural themes with a distinct hint of wit and emotional contrast. His rendering of the human form is structurally influenced by a lifelong interest in historical and contemporary black-and-white photography. His work bridges multiple genres, combining elements of impressionism, traditional portraiture, sharp figuration, and fluid abstraction to create fresh, layered oil paintings.
"Kenneth Susynski’s oil paintings are an amalgamation. He draws from a variety of distinct traditions—impressionism, portraiture, figuration, abstraction, photography—to create uniquely hybrid work. Bold strokes coalesce into forms, which move in and out of representational modes—intricately rendered faces emerge from bursts of color suggesting bodies. The images gesture toward art-historical tropes and narratives without fully embodying them; his figures are somehow both vague and distinct, achieving a sense of timelessness."
- New Visionary Art Magazine (NYC), Issue 10, 2024