Ken Reichert paints acrylics of turn of the century historical (1875-1940) Waukesha WI. He has paintings hanging in the Moreland Family Medical Center, Waukesha State Bank and Waukesha City Hall, to name a few places.
There wasn't much about him on the internet although he is featured about 7 minutes in on a youtube video on 2008 Art Gallery Eagle Historical Society museum in Eagle Wisconsin, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LItHB-a9ZuI . He told us that he was born in Eau Claire WI and when he was 5 years old his family moved to Waukesha. He married when he turned 21 and was a math teacher for 46 years until he retired this year. He has taken various classes thoughout the years at Carroll University from Willis Guthrie, http://www3.cc.edu/programs/art/WisGuthrie.asp , http://www.cc.edu/newsevents/newsdetail.asp?id=46 and at UWM.
He showed us several historical paintings he did of historical Waukesha, the downtown, view from the hill the hospital is now located on, various springs that were popular at the turn of the century, to name a few. He is currently branching out into sports and showed us a painting of #7 Yankee (Mickey Mantel) at Yankee Stadium.
He basically works from a historical photo and uses standard size canvases. He gave us handouts showing the mathematical formula he uses to enlarge the picture to fit the canvas. The handouts also discussed perspective and his techniques for painting block or brick walls, windows, trees and people. His paintings tend to have the light source from the left. He scrubs white over distant objects to make them appear less distinct and further away. He touches his paint brush directly to the paint tube and does not thin or blend the acrylic paint. He paints in layers allowing the colors to dry in between each coat. He generally paints dark to light. He demonstrated how he paints a tree, window and people
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