Art New England magazine: Another newcomer to Provincetown, Kyle Ringquist does reverse painting on lucite using an electric palate: fire engine red, hot pinks, bold yellows. A practice that began in Asia and was popular in North America in the Nineteenth Century, reverse painting has a long folk tradition. Ringquist’s work, however, is more in line with that of Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Robert Rauschenberg, all of whom experimented with the reverse painting at one time or another with brilliant results. In “Winter Bouquet”, for example, Ringquist paints flower petals, then greenery. The bouquet is set in front of a marble of blue, brown, orange, and mossy green. The acrylic creates a tapestry of “accidental color.” The surface of the work is the pane of plexiglas and the work is a window to itself. The work is shiny and luminous full of rich colors and brilliant strokes. -- Ric Kasini Kadour

Kyle Ringquist's bold, unique reverse method paintings spark viewer's imagination with their expressive, imaginative color and dimension. He brings an extensive artistic background into his painting, avoiding traditional clichés and boldly exploring new territory in his chosen medium: reverse painting. Born into a Midwestern family whose members include several serious, accomplished artists, Kyle Ringquist was introduced to an artistic environment at a early age. His family initiated the Ringquist Scholarship for art students. In the early 90's, Ringquist discovered his vision-in-reverse, the ability to envision an image in reverse and how it would build from foreground to background. Reverse painting quickly became a passion. Moving to New York, he began exploring the art scene and soon opened a studio in Tribeca. At about this time, he found new inspiration in New York's modern dance scene. He translated the recitals he saw into figures dancing in reverse across the back of shiny plexiglas panels. In his recent work, he continues to journey into his own world of fantastical colors and an evolving range of subjects, all unified in his traditional atmospheric aesthetic. The artist can usually be found painting in his studio and gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts.