Kim English: Influential Journeys

Kim English I n f l u e n t i a l

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Meyer Gallery

Kim English Influential journeys

May 13 - May 26, 202 2

Meyer Gallery

225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com

For his 2022 solo exhibition at Meyer Gallery, figurative painter Kim English presents a new body of alla prima paintings inspired by stories and scenes from the artist’s world travels and daily life. With limited travel in recent years, English’s latest work references past trips abroad to locations in Italy, France and Nepal, in addition to beach scenes in Cape Cod and more.

The artist is able to relive these memories with a fresh perspective, creating paintings from his reference photographs and sketches from the trips.

However, it is not the grand beauty of a famous landscape or the posed portraits that English is after; it’s the everyday activities or casual interactions of the people around him that catches his artist eye. The beauty in which English translates these scenes onto canvas, with his gestural brushwork and masterful chiaroscuro, is what draws the viewer in and captures our emotion.

English’s work inspires the viewer to live more connected to the present moment, to pause and take note of the world around us.

English is drawn to imagery that contains a deeper story related to human expression and interaction, which he typically leaves up to the viewer to decipher. Some of his latest subjects include two young girls taking cell phone photos of a sunset beach, men working together to fix a boat in Nepal, and a solitary woman collecting shells from a shoreline. He’s also drawn to the color, pattern, and composition found in casual street scenes or cultural celebrations, which make their way into his work in pieces such as “Patterns of Umbria.”

English’s alla prima or “wet on wet” painting technique allows him to work quickly, which comes in handy when traveling. “I try to capture the flavor of a village or place with five to six little paintings during the day,” he says of his sketching process. “When I get back to the studio, they help give me the feel of the city.” English’s photography is also an important reference point when painting back at the studio, as he captures fleeting moments in film that he can expand upon with paint. “I try not to contrive too much,” says English about creating his compositions. “I just let life happen around me, and there’s always a story. I never try to improve on it, I just want to capture it.”

-Kelly Carper

“At the Museum”

oil

16 x 20

“Attention to Detail”

oil

11 x 14

“Big City Streets”

oil

15 x 13

“Desert Sunset”

oil

10 x 12

“Glass Artist”

oil

14 x 18

“Patterns of Umbria”

oil

14 x 20

“Quick Find”

oil

9 x 14

“Refreshments”

oil

14 x 11

“Snapshot”

oil

12 x 24

“Summer Repose”

oil

10 x 15

Kim English

Influential Journeys Price list At the Museum

oil

16 x 20

$4,000

Attention to Detail

oil

11 x 14

$2,500

oil

15 x 13

$3,000

Big City Streets

Desert Sunset

oil

10 x 12

$1,800

Glass Artist

oil

14 x 18

$3,500

Patterns of Umbria

oil

14 x 20

$4,000

Quick Find

oil

9 x14

$2,000

Refreshments

oil

14 x 11

$2,500

Snapshot

oil

12 x 24

$3,500

Summer Repose oil 10 x 15

$2,400

Meyer Gallery

225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com