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He attended Long Beach State University and Otis Parsons Art Institute, and for over 40 years had his art studio in Pasadena, CA. Nelson now lives and works in a southern coastal town in California. He has been on the faculty of the Otis Parsons Art Institute in Los Angeles and the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Nelson traces his interest in painting back to his great uncle, Roberto Montenegro, renowned Mexican muralist and Modernist. The style of Nelson’s paintings have their origins in American Scene painting, Regionalism, and the work of the WPA artists of the 1930′s. Nelson paints figures, landscape, and architecture bathed in light. The objective in his paintings is to idealize the ordinary with the intention of engagement, using the iconic symbols and styles of his lifetime in a theatrical style to make leading suggestions. Nelson’s paintings have been featured eight times on the cover of The New Yorker magazine. Exhibitions of Nelson’s work have been enjoyed from Los Angeles to London, Vienna, and Zurich. His oil paintings of figures, objects, and architecture have, as one critic said, “single handedly resurrected the sun drenched optimism of New Deal American Painting.” https://www.kentonnelson.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-09-18 https://www.kentonnelson.com/books-and-catalogues daily 0.75 2025-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/1a38d2e4-98ae-40e9-9b2e-5b690fbcc19e/Kenton-Nelson_2025-Catalog2.jpg Books and Catalogues Kenton Nelson / Nouns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/1119e745-d9b0-4e62-878c-23b239f72d0f/30-Years-Kenton-Nelson-Cover-girl.jpg Books and Catalogues 30 YEARS Kenton Nelson 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/8f8dbe43-4886-400d-b09a-a569210e430b/Thirty-Swimming-Pools-Kenton-Nelson2021.jpg Books and Catalogues Thirty Swimming Pools 2021 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/a3d2657f-e8f0-430f-95e0-df9ea41d67fe/Kenton-Nelson-GalerieHaas_Berlin.jpg Books and Catalogues Kenton Nelson (Michael Haas Berlin) 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/181090a2-264e-416e-9368-85b19a29c521/Book-set-Kenton-Nelson.jpg Books and Catalogues Box Set: Rhyme and Reason, Prose and Cons 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/acbabfdd-29f4-4b2d-8b67-da65c3ba1e07/The-Grand-Metropolis-1996-catalogue.jpg Books and Catalogues The Grand Metropolis 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/d97826b3-c783-4ef8-93f4-ba2c5aa63a9e/Short-Stories-1995-catalogue.jpg Books and Catalogues Short Stories 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/24671bcc-77f0-4675-af68-4862cc6a52dc/Lupita%27s-Perfect-Day-1994-catalogue.jpg Books and Catalogues Lupita's Perfect Day 1994 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New Yorker Covers The New Yorker Cover November 2025 "Early Morning" https://www.kentonnelson.com/exhibitions daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/d213db38-05e7-409e-8bab-1425ee9ad0aa/Albertina-Museum-Kenton-Nelson_Riveted-Steps-2018.jpg Exhibitions Albertina Museum, Vienna Austria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/a1c409cf-a625-4c33-b782-d880042e2b23/Kenton-Nelson-Crocker_Californian-Calendar.jpg Exhibitions Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento California https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/fc3cd910-09dc-4347-b1bb-4ee9caf76dd3/Kenton-Nelson-Palm-Springs-Art-Museum_Collection-newspaper-dispensers.jpg Exhibitions Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs California https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/4a645ef2-ffad-400f-9811-9487b4a43d1e/Kenton-Nelson_Art%2BWork-Laguna-Art-Museum-collection.jpg Exhibitions Laguna Art Museum, Laguna California https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/51ce35e9-7c5f-4979-88eb-5e842a852cbb/Kenton-Nelson_UCI-Langson-Collection_Taming-Nature.jpg Exhibitions UCI Langson Institute & Museum for California Art, Irvine California https://www.kentonnelson.com/films daily 0.75 2023-12-15 https://www.kentonnelson.com/sign-up daily 0.75 2023-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/82807ac3-4799-4a1e-9904-d35afb9fdf9d/KentonNelson_Curiosity.jpg Sign Up - Make it stand out Kenton Nelson, Curiosity, oil on canvas, 84 x 132 inches https://www.kentonnelson.com/site-map daily 0.75 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62bb5ba58e59fe257fc773f1/95dada14-1aff-4bbb-9037-5bcd68d28141/Kenton-Nelson-at-the-Easel_Erwin-Darmali.jpg Site Map - Site Map Home Works Films The New Yorker Covers Books and Catalogues About Exhibitions Contact Sign up for Studio news External Links Kenton Nelson Press Morton Court Mosaic Instagram 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