Excerpt:
...If Ken Grimes is right, his art will change the course
of human history. If Ken Grimes is right, collective
human consciousness will be transformed.
The paintings of Ken Grimes present the themes and
symbols of extraterrestrial encounters. They suggest
a long history of prior contact and seek to prove a
continuing alien influence in our world. He paints signs
and symbols made familiar throughout popular culture,
e.g., UFOs, crop circles, alien figures. His art and
writings document his extensive study of the margins
of scientific research, including the SETI (Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project.
They ponder the possible meanings of apparently changed
testimony, conflicting interpretations, and multiple
typographic errors in printed accounts of a presumed
audio transmission in 1960 from the vicinity of the
star Epsilon Eridani. In the process, the art of Ken
Grimes taps into a wide-spread collective fascination
with the possibility of alien contact, and it testifies
to an impassioned personal quest to uncover an awesome
truth.
Untitled (Alien), n.d.,
oil on canvas, 2.5 x 3.5 feet (left); Crop Circles,
1995, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches (right)