Figuration and Abstraction - Ian Kimmerly - Ep 45

<p><a href="https://art2life.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://Art2Life.com</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- I love talking to other artists about everything they’ve gathered from their life and then distilled into their art. This, in the most straightforward way, is what artists do. All the ingredients are different for each of us, but where one's art truly becomes singular has to do with the sensitivity and skill in juxtaposing the differences between those ingredients.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meet Ian Kimmerly. Here is a partial but incomplete list of the contrasts in his art: His work feels realistic but also dreamlike. It is specific but elusive. Figurative but also abstract. Planned but intuitive. Illusionary but factual. Intimate but universal. Ian's work draws you in so close, but he can somehow hold you at arm's length as well. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As complex as all these elements sound, one only needs to see his work to instantly get the feeling or sense that we have all been here before. His pictures are of our life. Ultimately they connect us or at least hold out that invitation. How this remarkable work has come about is the thrust of my conversation today with Ian. His humility and approachability are refreshing, but it is the insanely refined, nuanced thinking behind his art that took my breath away.</span></p> <p><span style= "font-weight: 400;">================================</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">LISTEN IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN…</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Getting to know Ian Kimmerly [2:30]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Ian began blending the various elements of his artwork [7:49]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Identifying the contrasts in Ian’s work [12:36]. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Exploring Ian’s use of light and dark and the logistics of his art creation [19:39]</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Balancing fi