A man wearing a black hat and sunglasses stands with a easel on a tripod amid the rubble of the Eaton Fire, with a mountain, church steeple and solitary chimney in the background.

Beauty For Ashes

On January 7, 2025, the Eaton Fire ravaged more than 9,000 homes and businesses in Keni’s home town of Altadena, CA; many of which he has painted over 40 years.

Keni sees beauty coming from destruction, and thus began his new series of watercolors; *Beauty For Ashes. He will remain and paint on the streets until the ‘new’ (and hopefully in many ways ‘same’) Altadena rises from the ashes.

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*Isaiah 61:3