Hans Kegler

Thousand Oaks, California

Hans Kegler, Burned Oak, 12 x 9" oil

A California native Hans Kegler was born in 1966 in Glendale. Hans's appreciation of art emerged at an early age. Early childhood memories include his grandmother and Aunt's paintings and frequent family outings into the vast Mojave Desert. Hans took the opportunity to pursue his love of art and the natural world after spending 10 years rock climbing around the country.

His fondness for nature became the catalyst for his art, which soon lured him to painting the outdoors in the late 1990's. The dream of an artist soon became the dream of becoming a plein air traveling artist. Hans loves to paint directly from nature from numerous places so paints outdoors almost every day. With time some of the painted studies are incorporated into making larger studio pieces.
One of Hans's mentors is his uncle, Ron McKee, an illustrator for thirty-plus years. He also has had workshops from Matt Smith.

For more information, see Hans Kegler's website, www.hanskegler.com.