Kathleen Zimmerman is a visual artist who finds inspiration and insight into the world around her by looking to nature. This has been true for as long as she can remember and is evident in her art. Elements from the natural world along with ‘abstract ethereal beings’ populate her work as she explores ideas concerning relationships, the environment and culture.
Artist, retire art teacher, and patron, Barbara Scavotto-Early, described Kathleen Zimmerman’s art this way.
When I view Kathleen’s thought-provoking work, I ponder over her cosmic and mythic depictions of animals, nature, culture, humankind, and interrelationships. Her compositions often include abstract ethereal beings within the lyrical line and organic unified shapes of her main subject. Rich gradations of tone and captivating detail invite me to look deeper where I always see more. Her animal portrayals and playful narrative enactments evolke my wonder and amazement of her symbolic sensibility. Her work is viually and soulfully harmonious.
Zimmerman Fine Art Studio is currently publishing a book that presents Kathleen Zimmerman’s current collection of small-edition hand-made prints with briefs statements by her about the ideas behind them. All the artwork in this book was created and is copytrighted by Zimmerman. Each serigraph was printed on Coventry Rag 290-gram paper using archival inks. Each edition is limited to twenty-four with two artist’s proofs and three printer’s proofs.
Some historic artists who created serigraphic prints, or commonly known as silkscreen prints, were Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Peter Max. What makes this printmaking method perfect for Zimmerman’s imagery is its ability to retain areas of pure white paper, capture the tonality of her rendered drawings and make it possible to place small touches or big blocks of fresh vibrant color!
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