Kurt Ankeny
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Kurt Ankeny
@kurtankeny.bsky.social
Painter - Member of Kingston Gallery in Boston.
Indie Cartoonist - author of In Pieces & Pleading with Stars, letterer on November by Fraction/Charretier.
Distro @radiatorcomics.bsky.social
www.kurtankeny.com
www.kingstongallery.com/kurt-ankeny

📍Salem, MA
I took my class to @peabodyessex last Thursday to sketch from their new show from the @pafacademy collection. Here are a couple of my sketches done while the students were working.
June 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Very grateful to be a part of this show at @fortpointarts.bsky.social along with @summerpierre.bsky.social @karlstevensart.bsky.social @natalienorris.bsky.social and @keilerjean.bsky.social! Show is up until July, come by and see it!
May 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Solo show is not until February 2028, but paintings take time, and it’s a big space to fill. Cutting panels to size for a series that I’m planning for the heart of the show.
May 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Been gathering work for a show @fortpointarts.bsky.social curated by @karlstevensart.bsky.social & found drafts of 1st pages of “Gulls” from “Pleading with Stars”. 1st is plain ink, then gouache/colored pencil/vellum. I ❤️ it, but vellum scans poorly. Used watercolor in final. (See cut out panel)
May 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I haven’t been sharing much art lately, because I’m trying to protect delicate young ideas. But this I think is safe enough.
April 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
You can fax Schumer a document to tell him how you feel: faxzero.com/fax_senate/S...

Here’s what I sent him; you could too!
March 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A riff on Rembrandt’s famous etching. Posting will be sparse for the time being.
March 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The teensiest drop in a vast ocean, but it felt good to do SOMETHING.
February 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A drawing from last fall.
February 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Currently lightly snowing here in Salem. @efisherwx.bsky.social @growinwsdom.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Ink sketch from last week.
January 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A recent sketch.
January 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Transferred and outlined in oil paint.
January 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Gap, oil on board, 11 x 15 inches, 2021.
January 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Trying to figure out how to bring this painting to resolution.
January 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Sailboats and Storm, acrylic on panel, 24 x 24 inches, 2022.
January 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Safety Cone and Paper Flowers, oil, paint stick, oil stick, and grease pencil on aluminum panel, 24 x 30 inches, 2024.
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Eleven Soldiers Field, oil, paint stick, oil stick, and grease pencil on aluminum panel, 48 x 48 inches, 2023.
January 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Pencil sketch of a Rodin piece. From earlier in 2024.
January 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Finally took a nice photo of this completed painting today. Ellis Pond, oil and paint stick on aluminum panel, 24 x 30 inches, 2024.
January 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Sketch of a man deep in a Twixtmas chessmatch with a friend at Starbucks.
January 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
New batch of mini landscapes up on my Instagram. Please message me there to claim one!
December 14, 2024 at 7:08 PM
A little holiday miniature art sale going on over at my instagram acct. These are about 2.5x4 inches. $30 each, includes US shipping. DM me on Instagram to claim one!
December 12, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Sketch of Jen on a day we had inexplicably to ourselves.
December 5, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Abandoned sketch from October.
December 4, 2024 at 2:48 PM