Raised in the Missouri Ozarks on a family farm with the aptly named closest town being Rocky Comfort. One of his first creative experiences was the construction of a wooden sword through the use of a grinding wheel in his father's welding shop, not the right tool but it worked and he now has great appreciation for the right tools.
Kevin Watson is a bricoleur, one who creates bricolage. Bricolage is derived from the French verb bricoler ("to tinker") that refers to the remixture, reconstruction, and reuse of objects to produce new meaning and/or insight. Raised in the Missouri Ozarks on a family farm with the aptly named closest town being Rocky Comfort. One of his first creative experiences was the construction of a wooden sword through the use of a grinding wheel in his father's welding shop, not the right tool but it worked and he now has great appreciation for the right tools.
Classes and workshops in welding, cabinet making, tin work, painting, photography, college-level industrial arts classes and countless hours in hardware stores have given him the skill set to create pieces that are often simple in appearance but are anything but. He works with a number of materials to create sometimes offbeat works with an individualizing sensibility and enigmatic style.
His favorite artists include Constantin Brancusi, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Noguchi, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko and H.C. Westermann. He credits decades spent in the advertising and publishing industries to helping him to learn to see. Having also worked in the language industry for 20 years, Watson strives to create three-dimensional works that communicate ideas, concepts and emotions that need no translation. A resident of Santa Fe for the past three years, Watson has participated in many art shows in North Idaho and Eastern Washington.