Alyson Kinkade Fine Art Paintings SITE DIRECTORY

Inside the Studio, Alyson Kinkade, fine art painting

About Alyson Kinkade, fine art painting

Alyson earned her BFA in painting in 1999 from the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Professional memberships include; "American Women Artists", (AWA) contributing member & "Women Artists of the West" (WAOW) associate member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"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 pushing herself. I hope to influence the world in such a positive, impactful manner as her.

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.

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.

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 really well together and have a synchronicity that enables us to anticipate the others needs without conversation. We also both love helping people learn to live with art. We both 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. I honestly don't know what else I'd rather be doing.

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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.

 

 

 

Current gallery representation includes "Columbine Galleries"

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