Ken Shutt

Art Brokerage: Ken Shutt American Artist: Ken Shutt was born in Long Beach, Calif., and grew up in Whittier. He graduated from Pasadena City College, the Art Center College of Design and the Chouinard Art Institute in California. He won art commissions from countries around the world, but Hawaii "captured his heart." Shutt brought his family to Hawaii from California in 1963, when Taylor "Tap" Pryor commissioned him to create a bronze sculpture for the entrance of Sea Life Park. Among his other commissioned sculptures in Hawaii were "Three Porpoises" at the Honolulu Zoo; "Birds in Flight" at American Savings Bank (then known as the Pan Am Building); "Celebrating the Arts," a granite and bronze work for Kauai Community College; "Three Wahines," Four Seasons Resort Wailea, Maui; "Celebration of Marriage," a bronze with outstretched arms for the Grand Wailea Hotel, Maui; and "Heritage Growing" at Laupahoehoe School on Hawaii. Shutt was a former president of the Hawaii Watercolor Society. His work has been shown in group exhibits of the Watercolor and Serigraph Society, Artists of Hawaii and the Easter Art Festival in Honolulu.Listings wanted