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JANET WENSLEY KIMBERLING Philosophy Lighting effects fascinate me. I love the drama of night scenes with lighted windows, or late afternoon sunlight on a building against a dark threatening sky. |
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Using memory and imagination, rather than photographs, I endeavor to depict things, not as they are, but as they could be. My purpose is to awaken people to the beauty around them, and, like a "finger in the dyke", to stem the tide of depravity in these troubled times. I paint on masonite panels or the finest imported linen, which I prepare myself with rabbit-skin glue and gesso. When traveling or during inclement weather, I rely on my method of making detailed pencil drawings with color notes, from which I develop larger works in the studio. My paintings may be classified as Romantic Realism. I do not follow any "ism" or "school", being influenced more by a study of the Old Masters and their glazing and underpainting methods than the work of my fellow artists of today. I believe an artist should have something to say, and the emotion expressed by the artist should be readily felt by the viewer. Bizarre technique for its own sake doesn’t interest me. Despite my love for the subject matter of the Southwest, where I have lived for twenty-five years, I have recently felt the need to be challenged by the more difficult architecture of England, the land of my ancestors. There is a darker, moody side to my nature, which finds expression in its gray skies and rainy days, its ruined abbeys and medieval towns. Recently I have painted street scenes in the villages of Brittany and Southern France, and it is gratifying to me that these paintings, although different, have been enormously popular.
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