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Meet Kimberly Trowbridge
“We were lucky to catch up with Kimberly Trowbridge recently and have shared our conversation below.
Kimberly, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?
My creative life-project over the past decade has been the building and sharing of a visual language through painting.
One of the most meaningful ways I do this is through field painting. I spend time in different locations painting directly from nature, responding to the specific palette of the place, and connecting with the local community.
In the past few years, I have developed my work in the Mojave Desert, CA and the sagebrush country of eastern Washington. The colors and forms of these places are in drastic contrast to the lush forests of my native Pacific Northwest and have given me the opportunity to recalibrate my visual language.
In addition to field painting, I cultivate long-term relationships with places by setting-up a studio, teaching workshops, hosting discussions, and exhibiting works. I return again and again, delving deeper into the context and excavating the poetic narratives that arise from my research…”