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Artist Exhibitions:
2010 Scripps Fine Art, Santa
Fe, New Mexico
2008 5th Annual Juried
Exhibition, Pagosa Springs
Arts Council, Pagosa Springs,
CO, juried show
2008 Sonnenschein Gallery,
Lake Forest College, Lake
Forest, IL, alumni show
2008 National Greeley Art
Exhibition, Greeley, CO,
juried show
1998 “In View,” Suburban Fine
Arts Center, Highland ...
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Artist Statement for Kirstin F. Mitchell
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Although I began my art career as a painter of portraits, my fascination with pattern and abstract form eventually took precedence over depicting the objects or people in front of me. For most of the 1990’s, my paintings were brightly colored abstracts. However, after moving to Santa Fe, my love of the New Mexican landscape led me to begin to experiment with painting Southwestern terrain in a more muted palette. My current series of paintings is the culmination of over fifteen years of observation of the tones and forms of the high desert landscape.
As an artist, I am perpetually torn between portraying what I see and trying to depict what I feel. The unique shapes that I see in rocks and trees appeal to the abstract artist within me and allow me to paint works that, although clearly realism in the traditional sense, are not standard southwestern landscapes. I enjoy the strong contrasts of light and dark and am drawn to the negative areas within an image, as well as the abstract forms within the larger shapes. In addition to attempting to simplify what I see, I strive to create a painting that incorporates both delicately detailed smooth areas and more loosely painted sections where the brush marks are clearly visible. Although nature is my inspiration, the real motive behind my art is to create order out of chaos, to develop a greater understanding of the world around me by simplifying and clarifying my vision.
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