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| Swellstuff - The Art of Ken Haas. Swell Stuff swell update notes: May 2012, Man With No Name swapped in on home page - “Man With No Name” Original painting 28 x 42 inches. Spray paint, acrylic and acrylic enamel on canvas. August 2011, Chief He Dog swapped in as home page art. May 2011, new home page splash art was added; art is digital quad rock art created from photos of 4 hand painted panels by Ken Haas. April 2011, Kenneth Brooks Haas III added a new home page image: a nine panel pop art digital image created from a vintage public domain photo of a native american. Fun photos frolic featured fantasms frankenstein fantastic fossils far out facts. “Red White and Blue” digital collage triptych. Flag lady and kids from Homesteaders Life Company vintage photo archives, other images public domain. Final output size for all 3 panels, 5 feet wide. “Beckon” Original drawing 6 x 9 inches. Conte crayon on Canson paper. “The Last House” Original art 16 x 8 inches. India ink and watercolor on cold press illustration board. "Kat-Tini" Original sketch 8 x 10 inches. Pencil on paper. “Lighthouse South Haven Michigan” Original photo, Ken Haas. Digitally manipulated. “Burning Sky” Original drawing 5 x 8 inches. Conte crayon on Canson paper. “Partners In Courage” Original drawing 12 x 20 inches. Seppala and Togo. Pencil, watercolor and acrylic paint on cold press illustration board. “Space Zombie” Original ink drawing 12 x 18 inches. India ink on cold press illustration board. “Lon Chaney Wolfman” Original mixed media 20 x 30 inches. Charcoal, pencil and watercolor on watercolor paper. “Yellow Eyed Scarab” Original drawing 3 x 4 inches. Colored pencil on paper. “Mimbres Frog” Original art 8 x 8 inches. Watercolor on bristol paper. “MoaiTini” Original painting 10 x 14 inches. Acrylic, arcrylic enamel and oil paint on canvas. “Photo of the artist, K.B. Haas III” Artist’s Statement: The artist doesn’t much care for artist’s statements. “Genko Ghosts” Bryce rendered digital image. Original art scanned and mapped to 3D objects. “Gold Dome Pilgrimage” Digital work, output at 5 feet wide. Includes corporate archival vintage images, public domain images and NASA image. “Green Bride” Original painting 14 x 10 inches. Acrylic, acrylic enamel and oil paint on canvas. “Hall O’ Zomb” Digital image. Original ink drawing on cold press illustration board, 8 x 12 inches. Color added digitally. “Grendal’s Cousin” Original drawing 9 x 6 inches. Colored pencil & watercolor on watercolor paper. “Helmet Man” Original drawing 3 x 4 inches. Colored pencil on paper. “The Karloff Makeup” Original artwork 9 x 10 inches. Watercolor & conte crayon on Canson paper. “Morphine Black” Original drawing 4 x 10 inches. India ink on paper. “This Island Earth Mutants” Original art 20 x 18 inches. Spray paint, acrylic enamel, arcylic and microfine pearlized glitter on black Gator board. “Nemo’s Night” Original drawing 18 x 12 inches. Colored pencil, conte crayon and india ink on Canson paper. “Mini-Orc” Original drawing 5 x 5 inches. Pencil on paper. “Plan Mind CD insert” Digital work. CD insert for Ken Haas music CD. “Frankenstein’s Bride” Original painting 24 x 36 inches. Acrylic, acrylic enamel and oil paint on canvas. Frankentini” Original painting 20 x 30 inches. Acrylic, acrylic enamel and oil paint on canvas. “Genko Harvest” Original drawing 5 x 8 inches. Conte crayon on Canson paper. “It’s Fryin’ Time” Original art 12 x 12 inches. India ink, watercolor, colored pencil on watercolor paper. “Ape Skull Face” Original drawing 2.5 x 3 inches. India ink on cold press illustration board. “Cowl Face” Original drawing 2.25 x 3 inches. India ink & Zipatone on cold press illustration board. “Night Shaman, Day Shaman” Two original paintings 20 x 24 inches each. Acrylic, acrylic enamel, spray paint and oil paint on canvas. “Elsa” Original painting 12 x 18 inches. Acrylic, acrylic enamel and oil paint on canvas. “Elsa Triplets” Original painting 24 x 36 inches. Acrylic, acrylic enamel, spray paint and oil paint on canvas. “Field of Wrong Dreams” Original drawing 7 x 4 inches. India ink on cold press illustration board. "School Daze" Original drawing 18 x 8 inches. India ink on cold press illustration board. Digital image created from scan of partially finished drawing. "Cali and Rocco" Digital image created from photograph. "Soledad Miranda" Digital image created from still of the late great movie actress. "Kill for Peace" Digitally manipulated news photo. “Regency outdoor signage” Outdoor with custom extension at top. “Print Ad” Client ad campaign. “Ad from series and logo design” “CremaTan 3000 ad” “The Cocktail Zone CD insert” Insert for Ken Haas music CD. “New Headquarters mailer” Bubble magnet set with banner sticker. “Mooseltoe holiday card” Die-cut mooseltoe with ribbon. “Garst Seed Company national advertisement” “Postcard mail campaign” Vintage public domain images, digitally manipulated. Ken Haas has exhibited artwork at the Kalamazoo Gilmore Art Institute and at shows across Michigan, being awarded “First Place Best of Show” by show sponsor, The Kalamazoo Valley Art Association. Mr. Haas studied under a special arrangement with noted muralist and head of the Michigan State University Art Department, Professor Ralf Henricksen. Hundreds of Ken’s black and white ink illustrations have been published nationally and internationally and Ken created the nationally distributed graphic novel “Cult of Psychodead” to favorable reviews. Freelance clients have included Massey Ferguson, YMCA’s, City of West Des Moines, Ankeny Schools, Advanced Technology Group, Davis Publications, and many more. As an ad agency creative, Haas designed animation, innovative 3D direct mail, national print advertising, outdoor, corporate branding campaigns, logo design, Web design, TV spot concepting and illustration. Currently Ken is Media Designer for Homesteaders Life Company and homesteaderslife.com is one of many projects Ken has enjoyed helping develop. |