Born into a world with few means but with infinite curiosity, Alan Kuykendall has always made his own play. This capacity to see possibilities has led to a lifetime of problem solving and creativity.
Unconstrained by convention, Alan transformed everyday objects into more than they were supposed to be. When he was a child, he played as a child. As an adult, he plays as a child—without ceilings, without boundaries. His inquisitive mind leads him to ask, “What happens if I do this or put these two things together?”
A lifelong learner, Alan holds several degrees in the arts, science and education. His primary artistic influences were a childhood nursery rhyme book, comic and science fiction books and the impressionists. He’s fascinated with the idea of making something appear complicated when it’s actually quite simple…the illusion of complexity.
Alan has worked in the Carrollton community 40 years as a commission artist. His murals, portraits and illustrations hang on and in public buildings, churches and businesses. Theatregoers have delighted in the sets he’s designed (not to mention his acting, costume design, makeup and even a children’s opera).
A consummate storyteller in many mediums, he is currently working on two books as well as illustrating 3 children’s books.
To Alan, art is the expression of mankind’s potential in a promise of what might be, it is the artist who give it form so that we may see it more clearly.