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A. Kimberlin Blackburn
Mixed
 

Luna Calls Water to Nourish Green Families Glass beads and acrylic on wood  - 13" x 13" 11"
2004© A.Kimberlin Blackburn
 

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Honolulu, A.Kimberlin Blackburn has a MFA, from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Jersey and a BA, from Livingston College, New Jersey. Her work has received numerous awards and is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC and the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I was educated in the arts and in the 70’s started a series of drawings which soon beget sculpture. Previously, I worked with ribbons, ropes, fabric, film, inks, beads; building with testiles, printing an image, and especially I loved weaving. So when I started drawing and painting, my love of patterns and symbols came together.

My works are visual stories about spiritual questing, women, men, mountains, water, life. I am delighted with the concept that everything relates to each other, perhaps even "talk" to one another. I'm exploring dreams, elements of the sacred, stories, and my sense of wonderment of the world's beauty. Nature's duality of devastation and beauty enthralls me. The land with water moving through it brings profound moments of joy. With the sculpture; carving and beading are a focused meditation. My current imagery is related to the garden, farms and mother nature's divine plants and elemental magic.

In Her Garden Glass beads and acrylic on wood - 16.5" x 12.5" 10.5"
2002© A.Kimberlin Blackburn Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

 

Homeland Meandering Glass beads and acrylic on wood - 12" x 7.5" x 9"
2001© A.Kimberlin Blackburn




In The Valley Glass beads and acrylic on wood  - 13" x 33" x 28"
©2004 A.Kimberlin Blackburn

 

CONTACT:
A. Kimberlin Blackburn
Contact by email at: akbjn@hawaiilink.net
Website: www.akimberlinblackburn.com

 


A. Kimberlin Blackburn with her piece entitled: Grace's Gateway Grotto"  SFCA collection