Today one often finds her working en plein air using a very different
medium – oils and watercolours – capturing the countryside around her
on canvas and board.
Yet the impact is just as striking. She has
translated her bold and contemporary use of colour and line evident in
her glass designs, to a new substrate, making her style very
distinctive.
Thanks to her background in stained glass, she
understands light, how it falls, impacts, reflects and changes. Add to
that an eye for design, composition and ability to communicate visually
and one has a winning combination.
Underpinning this love for
colour is a joy for drawing, which Kim believes is the fundamental
foundation for all the work she produces.
She is currently
exhibiting alongside other artists who regularly attend Paul Fowler's
Wednesday morning drawing skills class at Pegasus Art in Thrupp, in an
exhibition appropriately named Passion for Drawing, which runs until
October 26. It's part of the nationwide project the Big Draw, a campaign
to encourage more people to pick up a pencil, pen or drawing tool of
any kind and make a mark.
"Drawing is so important. It is one of
those things you just have to keep on doing as a professional artist on
a daily basis. The art of looking is essential to good design which is
why I keep returning to life drawing.
"I go to Paul's classes
because they are informative and I love the atmosphere. Most artists
work alone so it is good to be with like-minded people. I think a great
drawing can be more beautiful than anything else," admits Kim.
The
show depicts this. Graphite and charcoal is used to its maximum effect:
defining, suggesting, expressing mood and highlighting shadows and
form.
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put a collection of eclectic objects and shapes before them, leaving
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And
in a sense this is what she does through her work. She brings a
seascape, landscape or interior to life through her wonderful mix of
drama, mystery and sometimes hint of menace.
A dark cloud looms
in the background, emphasising the strong shafts of light which heighten
the crevices on a rock face, a lone figure in the background or rich
tapestry of colourful fields.
They are not chocolate box images,
rather they have an honesty about them and reflect real life, which is
often a mix of joy and sadness, light and dark.
In Kim's studio
there are about six pieces of work on the go. A seascape from the Isles
of Scilly – a popular haunt of Kim's as well as Argyll on the West Coast
of Scotland – takes its place on her easel, while a waterfall at
Merlin's Cave, waits to have its essential water added and maybe a
figure hidden in the shadows.
She shows me some of her finished
works which will be on view at Ludlow Castle in the Beckford Fine Art
Exhibition from October 19 to 21 and at the Lavender Bakehouse, Chalford
in November.
Smaller oils showing boats on the canal at Ryeford
have been completed on site and as a result capture atmosphere and
essence of place as does Autumn Sky above Rodborough Common and Summer
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Born
in Bristol, Kim worked for many years in top sales jobs before taking a
year off to travel . An evening course with renowned stained glass
artist Mark Angus at the Royal West of England Academy whetted her
appetite and led her to the prestigious Swansea School where she gained a
Diploma in Architectural Stained Glass.
She did a Masters
Degree in the Conservation of Historic buildings at York University and
took up residencies at The Victoria and Albert Museum and stained glass
studios of the Cathedrals of York and Canterbury. It was in researching
for her MA that she came to see Woodchester Mansion, fell in love with
the building and the man behind its conservation project, Mike Hill and
later moved to the Stroud Valleys, where she set up her stained glass
studio. Until 2010 she specialised in new commissions as well as taking
on conservation projects.
Kim's work can be seen in many
churches as well as public and private buildings throughout the UK
including Churchdown Library depicting an eye-catching modern design of
book jackets and graphic symbols capturing the town's history; trefoils
in a church in Birmingham paying tribute to its large Afro-Caribbean
congregation; and her large east window in St. John the Evangelist at
Purton showing Christ ablaze in light.
"As an architectural
glass artist I always aim to design glass to add beauty to a place and
pay respect to the use and users of the building. Light transmitted
through coloured glass is ever-changing and can enhance mood and provoke
contemplation in the viewer," explains Kim.
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