#aprilforartists2020 

18. Tip or advice: paint, paint, paint. Persevere. Always be curious. 

19. Artist outfit: old jeans, t-shirts + hoodie, 10 year old painting apron. 

20. Challenge you’ve faced: Having engaging social media accounts when you are a private person! 🙈😂

21. Colour palette: ^pic 1^

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#aprilforartists2020 challenge Day 15: Art on the wall.

Here’s a recent painting of mine called “At Ease”. It’s 36x48in, oil on panel, $2400. Available at Canvas Gallery in Toronto. Yep! Even now. 👌 Canvas just moved into a new space and from what I can see online it looks spectacular. Sales are still happening so if you’re interested, hop on over to their page and give them a call!

@canvasgalleryto 

#interiors #freshpaintings #blue #modernart #abstractart #canadianart #kimrempelart #toronto

Day 10-13. Caught up on the challenge.

10 - Main inspo: Nature!

11 - On your table: Books

12 - Side job/ other life: I do have a very small other job. I’m at sensory panelist at a research station. But it is only 1.5hrs a week. What I love to do on the side though is BAKE! The last picture is the Yule log I made last Christmas. 🥰

13 - Work in progress. Actually just starting the process so all I would have to show is a gessoed board ; ) Boring.

#aprilforartists2020 created by #phoebeganderart

Covering days 6-9 of the #aprilforartists2020 challenge.  6. How you learnt: I went to art school (Sheridan College) for 4  years, took multiple courses at Dundas Valley School of Art and workshops with @carolmarine, Laurie Wonfor Nolan and most recently @nelsonpainter. It’s a life-long process. 👊

7. Favourite tool: my power sander 

8. Selfie

9. Close up detail. 

#kimrempelart #process #studiolife #abstractart

Prompts 4 & 5 for the #aprilforartists2020 challenge are (4) your preferred media and (5) in your hand.

I am loving my R&F oil sticks. I learned about them in my workshop with @nelsonpainter in Woodstock, NY this summer. Game changer!

And the second picture is a chocolate chip cookie from a batch I made last night. A new recipe showed up in my feed so I gave them a whirl. Pretty delicious. 🍪 @andyseastcoastkitchen_ 

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*Newest work* is Prompt 3 for the #aprilforartists2020 challenge by #phoebeganderart. Jumping in late so playing catch up over the next few days. Not sure if this one is finished yet, but today this is where it stands 👌 36x36in / oil on panel

#kimrempelart #abstractpainting #canadianart #contemporary #colourful

Hi everyone 👋 I’m jumping into the #aprilforartists2020 challenge a number of days late so am going to try get up-to-speed by combining a few of the prompts in multiple posts.

Prompt 1: an introduction 

Prompt 2: my creative space.

Hi. My name is Kim, I live in Ontario, Canada (it was actually snowing this morning 😑) and I’m a painter. I went to school back in the day for illustration (major: children’s picture book, minor: advertising) and have very fond memories of art school 🥰I’ve worked in graphic design, painted plein air, been a daily painter, and now work primarily as an abstract painter! I adore colour, design, fonts, and art in a million forms. Away from the studio I love to do all sorts of creative things 🧡 I also love baking, reading, hiking, and embroidering.

Chips or cookies? Usually cookies.

Coffee or tea? Coffee. 

Favourite shows right now: Ozark season 3 was 😮👏 and have just started Money Heist. 

Music: Well, I do love me some Leonard Cohen. 🥰

Books: What is the allowable word count on an Instagram post? 😭 Yeah, I could talk books for hours so feel free to leave comments 😉📚

So that’s my super quick intro. 

And as for my studio space, here is a shot of my table. Hard to get a cool shot of my studio but I’ll see what I can do for a later post.

Anyway, nice chatting with you all and please feel free to introduce yourself in comments! 

#aprilorartists2020 #artchallenge #kimrempelart

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

~Helen Keller 

Sending a huge collective shout out of love and respect to all the essential service workers and innovators during this challenging time. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

Well, I managed to focus and get an underpinning to my next painting done. My husband suggested I shut off my radio (heavy CBC listener here) and play only music. This did help. 😉 I actually got further than this today but will save that post for tomorrow.

I’ve been finding I’m productive in some areas: baking, embroidering, cleaning and yard work but useless when it comes to focusing on painting. Hopefully I’ve turned that around today. 

How’s everyone else out there faring?