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Miriam A Kilmer
Alexandria, VA
Medium: - Digital Art
- Paintings
- Photography
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about the artist
Miriam Kilmer has been surrounded by the arts since early childhood. Her parents founded Green Hedges Elementary School (still flourishing in Vienna, VA) in order to give their children a superior education with emphasis on the arts. Her ancestors include poets Joyce Kilmer and Aline Murray Kilmer, and American Impressionist Frederick C. Frieseke. Miriam’s experience in the challenges of preserving Frieseke’s works on paper has encouraged her to use archival materials in her own artwork. Enriched by this background, Miriam and all of her siblings have continued to develop their artistic talents throughout their lives.
Miriam earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking at UNC-G, and her Masters in Theology from De Sales School of Theology. She has led art workshops with children and adults, has worked as a portrait studio photographer, and has operated her own fine arts business since 1979.
Over the years, Miriam has developed a variety of distinctive styles, influenced by the medium, subject matter, and purpose of the artwork, as well as her widening outlook and diverse environments. She now specializes in pastel, photography, computer graphics, and web design. Her unifying theme is love for the Source of creation and all that flows from that Source, as evidenced by her focus on nature, portraits, and spiritual subjects.
The digital revolution has enabled Miriam to combine her interests in photography and graphics; each image is creatively enhanced using computer graphics, and then printed with archival Epson inks on archival matte paper to produce high-quality images that will stand the test of time. Most of her images are offered in two limited edition sizes: 12" x 18" on 13” x 19” paper and 7” x 10” on standard 9” x 12” paper. Each limited edition giclée print is individually printed, titled, numbered, and signed by the artist herself. Archival mounting and framing are also available, as are inexpensive signed open edition prints and note cards.
Miriam has exhibited her works in numerous juried and solo shows, most recently “Animals of the Blue Ridge and Beyond” at The Art Group in Mount Jackson, VA, April 2008. Her photographs have been published in newsletters, books and magazines, most notably the Shapenotes issue of Smithsonian in The Classroom, available on line at: http://educate.si.edu/lessons/shapenote/pdf/shapenote.pdf
Her artwork is included in private collections in Canada and France as well as the United States. She has done many commissioned portraits in pastel as well as photographs and one oil, and her best-selling photographic illustration of the poem “Trees” was commissioned as well.
Miriam has done extensive traveling within the US, Canada and Europe. Some of her most dramatic photographs are of the Southwestern US, yet she loves to return to her second home, the Shenandoah Valley. From early childhood, the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley have been among her favorite places to visit. Since the early eighties, she has made numerous visits to the area, taking thousands of photographs of landscapes, local wildlife and farm animals, many of which are displayed at The Art Group in Mount Jackson, Virginia (on Route 11 between Strasburg and New Market, just opposite the Mount Jackson Visitor Center). She also regularly shows at The Art League in Alexandria, VA. You can find more of Miriam’s work, along with information on her illustrious ancestors, at:
http://www.risingdove.com.
Tee shirts, mugs, and posters are available at: http://zazzle.com/miriamkilmer*
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artists' statement
I am inspired primarily by my reverence for nature. My pictures come from many places, such as my native Virginia and other states I have visited, notably the southwest landscapes of Arizona and New Mexico. I love the challenge of photographing animals: birds - especially baby birds and their nests - butterflies, cats, deer, and so on. I am fascinated by the power of the camera to freeze moments which pass so quickly they are easily missed. These include not only living things such as flowers and trees blowing in the wind, but also rocks, cliffs, clouds, and landscapes as they are changed by wind, storms, and shadows in shifting sunlight from sunrises to sunsets and twilight.
Although nature photography is my first love, I also enjoy taking portraits, and happily take commissions for special photographic or graphic projects. When choosing which of my thousands of images to offer as limited edition giclee prints, I look for a spiritual quality, dramatic composition and sumptuous color. Whether you choose to order my artwork or are simply here to browse, I hope you enjoy the pictures I exhibit.
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