"Like the vanishing Great Plains, my aesthetics lend to simple forms in
conjunction with an agitated surface. The most alluring component is color. I
find a pleasing, meditative quality from the rhythm of difference and
repetition, a subtle tension created by an integration of structure & the
unplanned."
conjunction with an agitated surface. The most alluring component is color. I
find a pleasing, meditative quality from the rhythm of difference and
repetition, a subtle tension created by an integration of structure & the
unplanned."
©2008-10 all rights reserved.
Alyson
Kinkade
Fine Art
Kinkade
Fine Art
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a little perspective [please view resume above for a professional listing]
"I love Art History and always have. I love learning about the artists and how they lived, just as
much as looking at the artwork. There are so many works that I appreciate which may never show
in my work... Specific influences are Agnes Martin, Morris Louis, Degas, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard
Diebenkorn, Rothko... I also find a correlation with Gertrude Stein's writing. With her rhythms and
use of repetition and difference. She is my favorite author and being the 'Mother of Modernism'
she has probably impacted my life beyond comprehension, I appreciate her commitment to
supporting other artists, pushing them to new heights while exploring her own pursuits. I hope to
also influence the world in such a positive, impactful manner.
I've always been fortunate to be surrounded by supportive, creative people. I've had the great
fortune to work closely with artists like Jane DeDecker , Kathi Caricof, Mark Leichliter, Pat
Howard, Lu Haskew, Cathy Goodale, Jim Biggers, Teresa Vito and Denny Haskew. I've known
these artists since I was 15 years old and they have all become mentors to me. Their passion and
actions to make their passion known to the world have motivated me into that same direction.
They have left the impression on me that hard work and putting your SELF into all things reaps
rewards.
Growing up I remember taking everything visual in... I still do that today. Observations stick with
me.... I have memories from very early on. Color and light particularly. I can remember the
wallpaper from my nursery - blue with white clouds and orange birds, I recall the bright yellows
and greens from being in the garden. I was very adventurous as a child, I'd ride my bike to nearby
Glenmere Park and the bird sanctuary and spend lots of time with nature, climbing trees, looking
under rocks for 'rolly pollies'. We used to take cross-country family trips and I would look out the
window and watch the ground blur by in bands of color reaching to the sky. My favorite method for
travel remains cross-country driving.
I've lived in Northern Colorado all but 6 years of my life. I was born in Greeley November 30,
1976. Moved to Loveland when I was in High School. After graduating I went to school at the
Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, MO and earned my BFA in painting. Out of college I lived
in Santa Fe, NM for a couple years to manage one of the galleries my father and I own and
operate. I've since moved back to Colorado, I enjoyed the other cities and visit them often but I
love Colorado. I donate portions of my art sales to land preservation groups in hopes of
maintaining some of the openness of natural grasses and farms of Northern Colorado that I grew
up knowing.
In high school I was the only student to sign up for painting each semeseter, so the course was
always dropped. I took every art class I could fit in, sometimes repeating subjects, from middle
school and junior high through high school.... photography, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry,
and was president of the afterschool art clubs repeatedly. I sold ceramics at 'Arts Picnic' in
Greeley when I was in 8th grade.
It wasn't until the summer of my junior year that I was able to take a painting class. I went to
Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan. It was a 2 month camp of painting, drawing and sculpture; it
really allowed me to focus on art and build my portfolio for art school. It also showed me what an
impact art was in my life and that this was definitely the direction for me. The same summer I
also spent nearly a month working with sculptor Dee Clements helping build the armature
structure from foam wafers for the the Palm Desert Holocaust memorial, a seven-figure
monument. That was a very intense project, but I learned a great deal.
I was accepted into every school I applied including the Chicago Art Institute, Minneapolis College
of Art and Design and the School of Visual Arts in New York, but I chose the Kansas City Art
Institute because it was a small (600 students) undergraduate school with a large campus and the
largest scholarship. I really enjoyed my time there, the allowance to focus solely on art and
related subjects was immeasurable and the professors became more than just that. My junior
painting professor, Michael Walling encouraged me to try landscape painting, and my senior
painting professor, Ron Slowinski, pushed me to make my colors really speak to the viewer.
On breaks from school I would paint with the Schmid group. It's fun to work with artists like Jim
Biggers, Cathy Goodale, Lu Haskew, Teresa Vito. I remember they were always down-to-earth
and told things exactly how it was. Constructive criticism is very important for progression, even
if you don't use the suggestions, it brings awareness of what the viewer is initially seeing and
sometimes you are blind to it from working so close to it. Critiques at KCAI were equally helpful.
Both from professors and students, nothing was personal, everyone was just trying to make a
good painting great.
Following College I went to the Vermont Studio Center, a 2 month studio space in a gorgeous part
of the nation. This was transition period for me into becoming a professional artist. In July 2005, I
purchased my first house... a 1932 'English Arts and Crafts' home in downtown Loveland, CO. Two
cats "Yuki-Onna and Ko no Hana" joined me and in-between painting and work at the gallery, I am
making improvements on a desirable studio within.
My whole family is creative. I come from a long line of educators, nearly everyone including
sibling, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, second-cousins have dedicated a portion of their life to
helping or educating others in some way. We have a lot of high standards (aesthetics included)
which makes for a lot of perfectionists, but we're always hardworking and always strive to do
more than required.
My parents have been art appreciators and collectors since before I was born. I grew up living
with the artwork of Buffalo Kaplinski and Frank Howell... I used to love being in those paintings as
a child. Fortunately I got to meet Buffalo in 2004 and he did not disappoint my fictitious image.
My mom was an interior designer when I was young.... at her office we'd page through wallpaper
and fabric samples, never really growing tired of seeing all the patterns (though I'd act bored).
Here I remember becoming aware of space with color and light at that time.
My dad was a lawyer then and always an avid gardener. Dad and I now own and operate
Columbine Gallery in Loveland, CO together. He established the gallery along with the National
Sculptors' Guild in 1992 and he personally places monumental sculpture across the nation. He is
involved in site design, often the landscaping surrounding and almost always installs the artwork.
We work well together with synchronicity. We also both love helping people learn to live with art. I
put in average 10-12 hour days at the gallery 5-6 days a week, then I put in hours early mornings
and late nights to painting, but when it is your passion you put the hours in and enjoy the process.
My brother and sister are both teachers. Older brother, Tyler, is fantastic at math and sciences
and can learn languages in amazing time enabling him to travel extensively. He recently took a
trip to Spain for English Immersion courses and is working on going to Japan to teach next.
Younger sister, Dayna, is the dancer, I used to drive her in high school to practice and quick
sketch or photograph. She now teaches kindergarten in Loveland and has a beautiful family with
the addition of 'Jay Thomas' April 25, 2008. My siblings are great friends, and I find we all have an
unusual talent to incorporate business with creative expression."
-Alyson Kinkade
"I love Art History and always have. I love learning about the artists and how they lived, just as
much as looking at the artwork. There are so many works that I appreciate which may never show
in my work... Specific influences are Agnes Martin, Morris Louis, Degas, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard
Diebenkorn, Rothko... I also find a correlation with Gertrude Stein's writing. With her rhythms and
use of repetition and difference. She is my favorite author and being the 'Mother of Modernism'
she has probably impacted my life beyond comprehension, I appreciate her commitment to
supporting other artists, pushing them to new heights while exploring her own pursuits. I hope to
also influence the world in such a positive, impactful manner.
I've always been fortunate to be surrounded by supportive, creative people. I've had the great
fortune to work closely with artists like Jane DeDecker , Kathi Caricof, Mark Leichliter, Pat
Howard, Lu Haskew, Cathy Goodale, Jim Biggers, Teresa Vito and Denny Haskew. I've known
these artists since I was 15 years old and they have all become mentors to me. Their passion and
actions to make their passion known to the world have motivated me into that same direction.
They have left the impression on me that hard work and putting your SELF into all things reaps
rewards.
Growing up I remember taking everything visual in... I still do that today. Observations stick with
me.... I have memories from very early on. Color and light particularly. I can remember the
wallpaper from my nursery - blue with white clouds and orange birds, I recall the bright yellows
and greens from being in the garden. I was very adventurous as a child, I'd ride my bike to nearby
Glenmere Park and the bird sanctuary and spend lots of time with nature, climbing trees, looking
under rocks for 'rolly pollies'. We used to take cross-country family trips and I would look out the
window and watch the ground blur by in bands of color reaching to the sky. My favorite method for
travel remains cross-country driving.
I've lived in Northern Colorado all but 6 years of my life. I was born in Greeley November 30,
1976. Moved to Loveland when I was in High School. After graduating I went to school at the
Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, MO and earned my BFA in painting. Out of college I lived
in Santa Fe, NM for a couple years to manage one of the galleries my father and I own and
operate. I've since moved back to Colorado, I enjoyed the other cities and visit them often but I
love Colorado. I donate portions of my art sales to land preservation groups in hopes of
maintaining some of the openness of natural grasses and farms of Northern Colorado that I grew
up knowing.
In high school I was the only student to sign up for painting each semeseter, so the course was
always dropped. I took every art class I could fit in, sometimes repeating subjects, from middle
school and junior high through high school.... photography, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry,
and was president of the afterschool art clubs repeatedly. I sold ceramics at 'Arts Picnic' in
Greeley when I was in 8th grade.
It wasn't until the summer of my junior year that I was able to take a painting class. I went to
Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan. It was a 2 month camp of painting, drawing and sculpture; it
really allowed me to focus on art and build my portfolio for art school. It also showed me what an
impact art was in my life and that this was definitely the direction for me. The same summer I
also spent nearly a month working with sculptor Dee Clements helping build the armature
structure from foam wafers for the the Palm Desert Holocaust memorial, a seven-figure
monument. That was a very intense project, but I learned a great deal.
I was accepted into every school I applied including the Chicago Art Institute, Minneapolis College
of Art and Design and the School of Visual Arts in New York, but I chose the Kansas City Art
Institute because it was a small (600 students) undergraduate school with a large campus and the
largest scholarship. I really enjoyed my time there, the allowance to focus solely on art and
related subjects was immeasurable and the professors became more than just that. My junior
painting professor, Michael Walling encouraged me to try landscape painting, and my senior
painting professor, Ron Slowinski, pushed me to make my colors really speak to the viewer.
On breaks from school I would paint with the Schmid group. It's fun to work with artists like Jim
Biggers, Cathy Goodale, Lu Haskew, Teresa Vito. I remember they were always down-to-earth
and told things exactly how it was. Constructive criticism is very important for progression, even
if you don't use the suggestions, it brings awareness of what the viewer is initially seeing and
sometimes you are blind to it from working so close to it. Critiques at KCAI were equally helpful.
Both from professors and students, nothing was personal, everyone was just trying to make a
good painting great.
Following College I went to the Vermont Studio Center, a 2 month studio space in a gorgeous part
of the nation. This was transition period for me into becoming a professional artist. In July 2005, I
purchased my first house... a 1932 'English Arts and Crafts' home in downtown Loveland, CO. Two
cats "Yuki-Onna and Ko no Hana" joined me and in-between painting and work at the gallery, I am
making improvements on a desirable studio within.
My whole family is creative. I come from a long line of educators, nearly everyone including
sibling, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, second-cousins have dedicated a portion of their life to
helping or educating others in some way. We have a lot of high standards (aesthetics included)
which makes for a lot of perfectionists, but we're always hardworking and always strive to do
more than required.
My parents have been art appreciators and collectors since before I was born. I grew up living
with the artwork of Buffalo Kaplinski and Frank Howell... I used to love being in those paintings as
a child. Fortunately I got to meet Buffalo in 2004 and he did not disappoint my fictitious image.
My mom was an interior designer when I was young.... at her office we'd page through wallpaper
and fabric samples, never really growing tired of seeing all the patterns (though I'd act bored).
Here I remember becoming aware of space with color and light at that time.
My dad was a lawyer then and always an avid gardener. Dad and I now own and operate
Columbine Gallery in Loveland, CO together. He established the gallery along with the National
Sculptors' Guild in 1992 and he personally places monumental sculpture across the nation. He is
involved in site design, often the landscaping surrounding and almost always installs the artwork.
We work well together with synchronicity. We also both love helping people learn to live with art. I
put in average 10-12 hour days at the gallery 5-6 days a week, then I put in hours early mornings
and late nights to painting, but when it is your passion you put the hours in and enjoy the process.
My brother and sister are both teachers. Older brother, Tyler, is fantastic at math and sciences
and can learn languages in amazing time enabling him to travel extensively. He recently took a
trip to Spain for English Immersion courses and is working on going to Japan to teach next.
Younger sister, Dayna, is the dancer, I used to drive her in high school to practice and quick
sketch or photograph. She now teaches kindergarten in Loveland and has a beautiful family with
the addition of 'Jay Thomas' April 25, 2008. My siblings are great friends, and I find we all have an
unusual talent to incorporate business with creative expression."
-Alyson Kinkade
recent
accolades
'Veiled Reveal' was
juried into Creative
Capitol at DIA and
the Colorado State
Capitol on display
thru Nov 2009
'Firenze, Santa Maria
Novella' has been
accepted into the
"2009 Women Artists
of the West national
juried exhibition" at
Saks Gallery
February 6-29 2009
'Yield' was juried
into Colorado: See
the New West Like a
Local at DIA on
display April 2008-
January 2009
December 2007,
Southwest Art
Magazine featured
Alyson in the
Innovators section
for her Painter's
Challenge show - a
group show which
she curated and
exhibited in
In September 2005
Southwest Art
Magazine ran
feature editorial on
Alyson... "Wide
Open Spaces " by
Devin Jackson
In 2002, Southwest
Art Magazine named
Alyson among the
top "21 artists under
31" in the nation.
Southwest Art
Magazine 'Best of
the West', 2005
New Art
International review,
2001
Art Talk 'Hottest
Artists in Santa Fe,
1999
Architecture & the
West ad, 2002
Southwest Art
Magazine ad, 2002
Art Talk ad, 1999
blog: layer x layer
accolades
'Veiled Reveal' was
juried into Creative
Capitol at DIA and
the Colorado State
Capitol on display
thru Nov 2009
'Firenze, Santa Maria
Novella' has been
accepted into the
"2009 Women Artists
of the West national
juried exhibition" at
Saks Gallery
February 6-29 2009
'Yield' was juried
into Colorado: See
the New West Like a
Local at DIA on
display April 2008-
January 2009
December 2007,
Southwest Art
Magazine featured
Alyson in the
Innovators section
for her Painter's
Challenge show - a
group show which
she curated and
exhibited in
In September 2005
Southwest Art
Magazine ran
feature editorial on
Alyson... "Wide
Open Spaces " by
Devin Jackson
In 2002, Southwest
Art Magazine named
Alyson among the
top "21 artists under
31" in the nation.
Southwest Art
Magazine 'Best of
the West', 2005
New Art
International review,
2001
Art Talk 'Hottest
Artists in Santa Fe,
1999
Architecture & the
West ad, 2002
Southwest Art
Magazine ad, 2002
Art Talk ad, 1999
blog: layer x layer
