Bits & Pieces
“No cows, no pigs, no houses, no chickens!” was Warren Kimble’s statement regarding his new work being presents at Frog Hollow for the month of March, 2017.
Known as one of America’s foremost contemporary folk artists, these words may come as a surprise to some. Nationally recognized for his Americana images evoking a simpler and less complicated time featuring exactly the contents he is exiling from his new work, Warren Kimble in recent years has chosen to venture into new artistic horizons, most notably in his explorations into abstract paintings. Beginning with his “Widows of War” and “Let the Sun Shine” series of paintings Warren Kimble has again embraced his constant artistic evolution, switching his attentions to more found object assemblages, combining his new abstract vision with a sense of his folk art foundations. The end result is a new direction in folk art that is 100% Warren Kimble with new pieces moving more towards contemporary modern a
