Sunday Art Review: Kimberly Nichols

Today's installment of The Sunday Art Review focuses on the paintings of the highly talented Palm Springs artist Kimberly Nichols. I met with Kimberly yesterday and requested her permission to feature her work on my blog. Ms Nichols' work is both thoughtful and deep. These paintings seem to speak from beyond the canvas; you can almost feel the emotion of the subject. (above: "Girl on the Verge")

Following is an excerpt from The Artist's Statement from her website: "...I wanted to take away the pseudo-stances in any given pose and present the emotional scene behind the eyes and the purse of the lips. The eyes and the lips became my trademark, a place where all the signals of the truth were held no matter how deceiving the appearance otherwise. These psychological portraits of women became what I termed "hundred proof bordello"--a place where honesty is stronger than the urge to lie, a place where authenticity is bared and no mood denied due to its un-ladylike contortions. In my perpetual gallery, all girls could bare their most gnashing teeth, their most needy lust, their most haughty pretensions and their most primal hunt for love."
The Work of Kimberly Nichols

above: "Piety"

above: "Art of Loneliness"

above: "Bloom"

above: "Amoeba"

above: "Submission Queen on Couch"

above: "Money Shot"

I hope you enjoyed this week's Sunday Art Review as much as I enjoyed presenting it. Which painting do you like best? Go ahead, leave a comment, it's the last Sunday in March, so ALL COMMENTS ARE FREE TODAY!

-Rick Rockhill