Advanced Orthopedics in the Genoa Medical Center
See work on a rotating basis by Guild artists inside the Advanced Ortho offices, which is in the Genoa Medical Center, 2305 Genoa Business Park Drive in Brighton. Viewers may be buzzed inside by asking at the reception desk. You are invited to view the art during normal business hours. Works are displayed throughout the waiting areas and doctors' office corridors. Curator is Bob Wollenhaupt at rwollenhaupt@gmail.com
Now at Advanced Orthopedics: Kimberly Raboin
My background includes experience with many art mediums, adn I have a BFA in painting. A few years ago I started working in graphite and colored pencil and discovered I prefer drawing over painting. I enjoy working in the style of realism and I add a lot of detail to my work. Pencil lends itself well to this style because a high amount of precision can be aquired.
My recent subject matter has been portraits and landscapes, two great subject for portraying realism. Portraits are very challenging and a great way to train your eye. The proportions of the face must be completely accurate, otherwise the likeness of the individual will be lost. Lanscapes are great for practicing scale, perspective, color and texture.
When working in color, I have experimented with several brands of colored pencils and supports. I have a preference for soft, wax-based colored pencils such as Prismacolor Premiers. My preference for support is textured past papers, such as Clairefontainue Pastelmat and Colorfix. The combination of soft pencils and textured paper allows for thick layering, which creates an effect resembling paint.
I hope to move in the direction of conveying the beauty of the natural world while also communicating inner experiences and emotions. In my landscape drawings I uses my own photo references, and my intention is to capture the feelings I had while in these locations. Some of my landscapes are images of places high in the mounts. The spaces were open and vast, I would feel small in comparison, yet deeply connect. My hope is that this sense of vastness is conveyed to the viewer.
My recent subject matter has been portraits and landscapes, two great subject for portraying realism. Portraits are very challenging and a great way to train your eye. The proportions of the face must be completely accurate, otherwise the likeness of the individual will be lost. Lanscapes are great for practicing scale, perspective, color and texture.
When working in color, I have experimented with several brands of colored pencils and supports. I have a preference for soft, wax-based colored pencils such as Prismacolor Premiers. My preference for support is textured past papers, such as Clairefontainue Pastelmat and Colorfix. The combination of soft pencils and textured paper allows for thick layering, which creates an effect resembling paint.
I hope to move in the direction of conveying the beauty of the natural world while also communicating inner experiences and emotions. In my landscape drawings I uses my own photo references, and my intention is to capture the feelings I had while in these locations. Some of my landscapes are images of places high in the mounts. The spaces were open and vast, I would feel small in comparison, yet deeply connect. My hope is that this sense of vastness is conveyed to the viewer.
