fine early piece by listed California "New Masters" painter Kenneth Ray Wilson;  contemporary abstract expressionist oil painting in the impasto style with thickly laid layered paint in cool and warm colors; signed lower right,  a good quality example of abstract expressionist art; Kenneth finds abstract painting to be the most challenging, “It evolves as you paint it and it takes a longer time as layers of paint need to dry before new layers are added."; Corporate Collections: Price Waterhouse (San Francisco, CA), Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, CA),  AT&T Corporation (New York, NY); Exhibitions & Galleries: New Masters Gallery (Carmel, CA), Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR),  bright and well kept condition; some wear to ebonized and silver-gilt wooden frame; old label on reverse