kyle damon ranson was born july 31st 1969 in
manhattan. with an encouraging hippie mother, he began
to draw and paint in early childhood and by the time
he was in high school he was taking life drawing
classes at the lyme academy in connecticut. he
attented three symesters at the maryland institute,
college of art and then dropped out to emerse himself
in the arts and music scene in baltimore. in 1994 he
moved to san francisco and became a part of the
underground punk scene in the mission. he began to
exibit his paintings in 1998 and has slowly become a
pillar of the san francisco art world. he has shown in
new york and london and had several solo shows in san
francisco. his bold paintings often deal with extreme
subject matter and can demand alot of the viewer yet
there is a delicacy to his work that comes through
most in his portraiture. kyle ranson lives and works in
san francisco.