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A little about me...
I am Greg Kimsey, and I've been drawing ever since I can remember. My earliest memory of art was a drawing of Batman I did at age three. I remember it looking Just Like BATMAN! At least it did to a three year old's mind. As I entered school I "delighted" my teachers by drawing in the margins of all of my school work. I began painting in my teenage years and was awarded an Art Scholarship to Piedmont College. I decided college wasn't for me and I left for the US Navy. After a four year stint, my wife and I returned home with our two children. I pursued my art by taking weekly drawing lessons with my former college art teacher. After six months I took up oil painting lessons with her and studied for another six months under her tutelage. I secured a job with a local furniture manufacturer doing artwork on furniture. Reproducing artwork by famous artists such as Monet, Cezanne, Renoir and others honed my painting skills in both proficiency and speed. In 1998 my wife, Gail, and I opened the Art-Full Barn as a place for fellow artists to gather and sell their works. The store has evolved over the years and we are still going strong. My artwork is available at the Art-Full Barn.
I paint and draw in my studio in our store. I work in Oils primarily, but have painted in Pastels, Watercolors, and Acrylics, as well as working in graphite and other drawing mediums. My favorite mediums continue to be Oil paints and graphite, with charcoal a close front runner. The subjects I paint range all over the map, from Still-life's, Landscapes, Fantasy (my favorite), and the occasional Portrait. I prefer to produce paintings that appeal to me and hopefully others, but will accept commissions. If there is something specific you would like to see or ask, simply use the form below to contact me. I hope you enjoy the paintings and other odds and ends you find here. I would be glad to have you contact me about my art and will answer any question you may have. Thanks again for checking my website.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I like to tell stories with my artwork, not just paint pretty pictures. If the story isn’t interesting enough then why would you want to know more? This is where philosophy melds with my art: When I am in the studio I attempt to create works that tell a story but have secrets that you can not absorb with just a passing glance. It takes more than just freezing a moment in time to create that. From the expressions in the eyes of a portrait to the far distant mountains, I want my paintings to take you on a voyage, hopefully to somewhere you want to be.
My arsenal to create what is in my mind’s eye includes rough sketches, En plein air, photos and live models. I hope whoever looks at my paintings can get a sense of what I want to say at that particular moment from the combined use of subject matter and placement, lighting, color, line and composition. When I find a scene or idea that speaks to me, the message often strikes me like a hammer and I am driven to create it with paint. My paintings often start off speaking to me from one perspective, and shift meaning as they progress on the canvas. I want to take what may seem an ordinary scene or idea and turn it into the extraordinary. I tend to focus on the qualities of a scene that are often over-looked and try to expand on that story. I hope you as the viewer sense that there is more than a nice picture staring back at you, because there IS more than just what you can see with your eyes. Pay attention to how it makes you feel.
As an artist I will always strive for each painting to be better than the one before and I am constantly trying different ways of applying paint to suit the subject. Just like with a story, no two are alike; and even though I intend to convey a story with my artwork, sometimes the unexpected happens, and like magic, the piece will take on a life of its own. I paint things that I like and have meaning to me, but my ultimate goal is for others to find their own stories within them. When that happens, my artwork becomes much more then I ever hoped for.
I am Greg Kimsey, and I've been drawing ever since I can remember. My earliest memory of art was a drawing of Batman I did at age three. I remember it looking Just Like BATMAN! At least it did to a three year old's mind. As I entered school I "delighted" my teachers by drawing in the margins of all of my school work. I began painting in my teenage years and was awarded an Art Scholarship to Piedmont College. I decided college wasn't for me and I left for the US Navy. After a four year stint, my wife and I returned home with our two children. I pursued my art by taking weekly drawing lessons with my former college art teacher. After six months I took up oil painting lessons with her and studied for another six months under her tutelage. I secured a job with a local furniture manufacturer doing artwork on furniture. Reproducing artwork by famous artists such as Monet, Cezanne, Renoir and others honed my painting skills in both proficiency and speed. In 1998 my wife, Gail, and I opened the Art-Full Barn as a place for fellow artists to gather and sell their works. The store has evolved over the years and we are still going strong. My artwork is available at the Art-Full Barn.
I paint and draw in my studio in our store. I work in Oils primarily, but have painted in Pastels, Watercolors, and Acrylics, as well as working in graphite and other drawing mediums. My favorite mediums continue to be Oil paints and graphite, with charcoal a close front runner. The subjects I paint range all over the map, from Still-life's, Landscapes, Fantasy (my favorite), and the occasional Portrait. I prefer to produce paintings that appeal to me and hopefully others, but will accept commissions. If there is something specific you would like to see or ask, simply use the form below to contact me. I hope you enjoy the paintings and other odds and ends you find here. I would be glad to have you contact me about my art and will answer any question you may have. Thanks again for checking my website.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I like to tell stories with my artwork, not just paint pretty pictures. If the story isn’t interesting enough then why would you want to know more? This is where philosophy melds with my art: When I am in the studio I attempt to create works that tell a story but have secrets that you can not absorb with just a passing glance. It takes more than just freezing a moment in time to create that. From the expressions in the eyes of a portrait to the far distant mountains, I want my paintings to take you on a voyage, hopefully to somewhere you want to be.
My arsenal to create what is in my mind’s eye includes rough sketches, En plein air, photos and live models. I hope whoever looks at my paintings can get a sense of what I want to say at that particular moment from the combined use of subject matter and placement, lighting, color, line and composition. When I find a scene or idea that speaks to me, the message often strikes me like a hammer and I am driven to create it with paint. My paintings often start off speaking to me from one perspective, and shift meaning as they progress on the canvas. I want to take what may seem an ordinary scene or idea and turn it into the extraordinary. I tend to focus on the qualities of a scene that are often over-looked and try to expand on that story. I hope you as the viewer sense that there is more than a nice picture staring back at you, because there IS more than just what you can see with your eyes. Pay attention to how it makes you feel.
As an artist I will always strive for each painting to be better than the one before and I am constantly trying different ways of applying paint to suit the subject. Just like with a story, no two are alike; and even though I intend to convey a story with my artwork, sometimes the unexpected happens, and like magic, the piece will take on a life of its own. I paint things that I like and have meaning to me, but my ultimate goal is for others to find their own stories within them. When that happens, my artwork becomes much more then I ever hoped for.