Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Local Artist Spotlight - Pittsburgh, PADarrell Kinsel Interview
By Andy McNeil, Assistant Editor
Vibrant child-like paintings of colorful crayon meadows and wax mountains cover the walls of Calli’s restaurant in Pittsburgh. Despite the country themes and elementary appearance, these works of art were not created by some rural rascal. These are the doing of a 26-year-old city slicker who slightly resembles a thin Mr. T - without the jewelry obsession and affinity for punching people’s lights out.
Darrell Kinsel, sporting a thick beard and often found rocking a mohawk, is not a conventional painter by any means. He is a self-taught artist who grew ...