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North Port Cookout
Oil
on Canvas
9"
x 12"
$1200 |
Fast Food
Oil
on Canvas
8"
x 8"
$800 |
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Two White Chairs
Oil
on Canvas
10"
x 15"
SOLD! |
To the Village Square
Oil
on Canvas
13"
x 14"
$2400 |
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Santa Fe Afternoon
Oil
on Canvas
13"
x 15"
$2500 |
Sunday Sidewalks
Oil
on Canvas
10"
x 12"
$1800 |
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Walk Thru the City
Oil
on Canvas
18"
x 14"
$3500 |
Island Stop
Oil
on Canvas
12"
x 9"
SOLD! |
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Available through the Secondary Market
The Art Lesson
Oil
on Canvas
14"
x 18"
SOLD! |
Where Are We?
Oil
on Canvas
9"
x 11"
$1800 |
Kim English
Colorado
based painter Kim English depicts in his paintings the simple beauty found
in daily life. Known for his mastery of chiaroscuro, each piece speaks
to the true focus of English's inspiration - the harmony existing between
light and shadow.
His subject matter,
ranging from a street-side fruit stand in Mexico to sun-filled windows,
creates a particular mood, through which the viewer is introduced to charming
scenarios that are wrapped in depth and texture, and are entirely about
paint. This is the primary force of English's painting - his astonishing
manipulation of his medium. He maintains a feeling of spontaneity by completing
each painting in one sitting - the alla prima method. He says of using
this method, "Immediacy is important. Not only because it is often
the nature of people, but for me it is the most instinctive way to paint.
The process is like a performance. It's the magic of spontaneous work
combined with a candid observation of society that allows me to pursue
the daily events of ordinary people as the theme of my work."
English was born in 1957 in Omaha, Nebraska and raised in a rural community
near Colorado Springs. After graduation from the Rocky Mountain School
of Art he joined the faculty and later began teaching at the Art Students
League of Denver and the Scottsdale
Artists School. He has exhibited at the Allied Artists of America, winning
the Gold Medal of Honor; the National Academy of Design; the Artists of
America - Denver Rotary Club; NAWA 21st Annual Exhibition; Arts for the
Parks; the Colorado Governor's Invitational - Loveland Museum; the A.R.
Mitchell Memorial Museum of Western Art; The Knickerbocker 42nd Annual
Exhibition; the Oil Painters of America, winning both the Certificate
of Merit and the Joseph Hartley Memorial Award at two Salmagundi Club
Exhibitions. English has been published in Southwest Art, Figure Drawing
Workshop Magazine, Art Talk, Focus Santa Fe, and Artists Magazine.
Kim English paints people enjoying themselves with an extraordinary sense
of personal pleasure. His quick, confident strokes, combined with an unusual
ability to create contrast within light, result in a natural overall freshness
in his work. The artist currently travels the world capturing images of
everyday life. "I find beauty in the everyday," says English.
"Through my work, I want to make people aware that everyday life
is interesting and meaningful, that there is beauty all around them."
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