Paintings
&
Jewelry
at the Erie Town Fair 2010
Ever since I was a small child, people have encouraged me to draw and paint.
Although art was not allowed for boys when I was in school, I was often asked to make murals
and produce other art for school activities.
In college, I majored in Art Education, reasoning that if I had to work, I should do something that I liked.
Family and teaching limited my creation of art until my move from Iowa to Colorado in 2003.
Joining an Art Guild inspired me to produce painting and jewelry. I usually do plein-air painting and took lessons in
Taos from an established artist who promised to teach the skill although he preferred his air conditioned studio with stereo music.
Plein-air work sometimes puts the elements against me. My easel has blown over, thunmderstorms have come up and
the sun has dired my acrylic paint in only minutes. Sometimes animals have taken an interest in what I'm doing.
People have stood and watched. A newspaper reporter once took my picture for a story.
I have tried to loosen my style to assist in plein-air painting. Another artist told me he had gone from realism to abstract
to renew his excitement for painting. I went home and did an abstract painting only to realize that the top half was blue
and the bottom half was green, just like a landscape. I have been told that my colors sometimes surprise people.
THe beautiful and varied colors of Colorado sunrises and sunsets amaze me.
I have just discovered cerulean blue after all these years.
Jim Kinne
For Prices or Commissioned Work:
Contact Jim Kinne
call: 720-733-6157
Jim is a Founding Member of A.C.E. Arts Coalition of Erie