Piece description from the artist
When I was a kid, in bed trying to take a nap, I would stare at the curtain across my window as it would change from light, to dark, and then light again. I had no idea what magic was causing my room to darken, and grow light again, but was calmed by the wave like effect it caused. When I asked my mom what was happening, she explained that outside, clouds were crossing in front of the sun and causing a shadow to fall across the house. So for my next nap, as my room grew gradually darker and then lighter, I felt like my curtain became a portal to the outside. I could imagine the sky from my bed, and with each cloud crossing in front of the sun, be whisked along with them on a journey above the earth, floating along, looking down on my house, and my bedroom, and me resting on a hot afternoon.
Danielle Kimzey received a BFA in Studio Art from SMU and an MFA in Painting from the University of Iowa. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and she is represented by Galleri Urbane in Dallas, TX. She has been commissioned for large wall paintings in Costa Rica, Germany, California and Texas. Most recently, she completed a design for a 30 ft living wall of plants for West Palm Beach, FL. She lives in Dallas where she runs The Art Cottage and teaches painting at Brookhaven College.
Her work is a visual exploration of the mental, physical, and physiological mutations we experience through aging, moving to new places, traveling, changing acquaintances, and learning new things. It follows the deeply individual steps along a universal path and examines how our experiences influence who we are.
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