Artist's Statement

My life is about the feeling of being in the moment. I have always been interested in travel and new experience; the overwhelming feeling of being in a strange place for the first time, the opportunity to step outside of our 'normal' cultural values and live life from a different perspective.

I am so amazed by the intensity and variety of colors and shapes when I look around at the world, it often leaves me at a loss for words. Art provides me an opportunity to deal with inner feelings and share, hopefully create new, feelings with others. The thoughts, feelings, and processes involved in coming up with ideas and creating new work provides a connection to the process of self-discovery, which is life.  

The interests that have created my lifestyle have given me the chance to experience so many different beautiful aspects of the world we live in. My work is an attempt to create feeling by sharing my 'reflections'. While I can already see an evolution in the process and subject matter, most of the work to date has focused on my attempt to share the special feeling I get enjoying the ocean as a surfer… from the cleansing spiritual feeling of being in and around the ocean, to the fear and respect for the power and beauty of waves, and more completely, nature.

My aim is a sharing of perspective, or offering of a new perspective, through imagery that might offer someone a new look at nature, in a way they might not otherwise have had, and hopefully, capturing the intensity and emotion of being there… in the moment.

“Taking a glimpse into Kevin Orndorff’s world, one sees the morning ocean glistening to the reflection of the sun’s rays and feels the powerful waves breaking above their head.  He portrays these sensations that only a surfer can experience, onto a single sheet of glass utilizing the technique, Reverse Painting.”

Creators #27, Nalu Long Boarders Magazine
Tokyo, Japan 3.2003 - 33

Solo Exhibition: Applied Glass featuring multi-media works including Reverse Painting on Glass and Hot glass works.

(Objects D’ Art Gallery Jacksonville, FL June 1997)

Open Exhibition: Windward Artists Guild 42^nd Annual Juried Exhibition

(May 25 to June 21, 2002, Aloha Tower Marketplace, Honolulu, HI)

Outdoor Exhibition: 5th through 9th Annual Haleiwa Arts Festival.

(A juried event.  North Shore of Oahu, HI)

Solo Exhibition: Haleiwa Joe's Restaurant

(North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii,

 December  '02 – January  '03)

Solo Exhibition: Private Residence

by Invitation Only (120 guests)

(Annapolis, Maryland,

 July 29, 2006)

Hawaii’s Big Island Festival

(Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, Nov. 2004)

Vans Triple Crown of Surfing

(Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii

 Nov. - Dec. 2006)