New York-based artist Kenny Rivero was a part of The Fountainhead Residency during summer, 2016.

Rivero believes that the objects he collects retain a certain energy, and draws upon that energy to create works that carry a nostalgic quality.

Primarily a painter, Rivero also sculpts and draws, and his pieces are autobiographical in nature.

Baseball plays a prominent role in his inspiration. He equates the national pastime to his father who, at one time, had the opportunity to play minor league baseball. That opportunity was never realized and Rivero’s father harbored the sadness of never fulfilling his dream.

His father’s emotions had an impact on Rivero, and even though Baseball was something that he joyfully shared with his father, he felt his father’s unrequited ambition and resulting pain – a pain that manifests itself through his art.