DEAN KUBE

Kansas ciTY, MO

Dean Kube creates contemporary abstract portraits as an expression of collaborative self-reflection and in homage to the beautiful uncertainty of life. 

Each painting begins from a place of ecstatic uncertainty and a desire to work through the unknown and to follow the guidance of the energy he perceives in a person or moment. It is life’s ambiguity that is his greatest source of inspiration: mistakes, bumps, and blemishes are what makes life rich with texture and experience. 

By working through each painting in layers and embracing uncertainty, Kube’s process mirrors the struggles of every day life and further nourishes the narrative of the painting. This engages viewers in the immediacy of the work and it offers them permission to create a personal sense of meaning within the piece. These infinitely colorful interpretations of his work replenishes his personal energy and self-reflection and in turn propels his creative process. The cyclical nature of this process and the intimacy garnered across these fields of self-reflection are how he finds and makes meaning of the fleeting moments and malleable energies in the world.