April and May Downtown Member Artist: Kimberlee Forney

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Cows on hills during the solar eclipse. There are 5 cows in the forefront of the image, two in the middle, and one closer to the top left. In the top right is a red barn and silo. The top third of the image is a turquoise sky. In the middle of the top of the image is a black sun surrounded by white beams, like a solar eclipse

Growing up in northern Vermont, Kimberlee Forney enjoyed creating art at an early age. She appreciates the healing qualities of art and it's communicative and emotive powers.  Early in her art life, she concentrated on realistically representing the world around her.

            She developed her artistic and technical skills while attending Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.  While there, she studied various artistic mediums including printmaking, lithography, sculpture, drawing and painting.  She received her Bachelor's degree in Studio Art in 2000.

            After graduation, Kimberlee's fantastical style developed out of a basic idea involving a lively and musical bar scenario with human-like forms embedded in the scene (titled “Jazzy at the Bar”).  Her favorite subjects to explore relate to the beauty and spirituality present in the natural world and in the cultural world surrounding (and within) us. 

            The medium she chooses to create her images is mainly acrylic on canvas. 

While she loves creating and sharing a variety of subjects in her style, she is well known for her happy sheep and cow paintings which make people smile.  She has work in several galleries in Vermont and in private collections around the world.  MAKE ART!

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