Interview: World Artist Network Magazine

(Issue #3, March 2007)


Artist: Kim Kibby
Title: The Fabulous Shoe
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: December 2006
Dimensions: 6x6 inches


World Artist Network: What is art?
Kim Kibby: Art is one of those things that, like God or love, to define is to cram into an ill-fitting pair of pants. It's not becoming.


WAN: Could you comment on your relationship with the arts?
KK: I'd like to think it's symbiotic — I need art (of all kinds) in my life, but I also contribute when I can. Art isn't my identity, but when I stopped painting for 6 years, I definitely noticed something was missing.

My relationship with the arts really got going when I was 16 at Interlochen Arts Academy. The whole place was teeming with creative energy — people making things, playing music, acting, dancing — a complete sensory overload. I realized this was the world I wanted to be part of.


WAN: What do you hope to do with your art?
KK: That's hard to say; it's still in development. What I'm doing now is building up to something else, but it's not concrete yet.

Last December, I started this daily painting series — small oil-on-panel pieces that I complete in one or two sessions. The concept was especially appealing because of the small blocks of time needed. This practice forces you to work directly and quickly, with no time to obsess over every detail or decision. Not every piece is successful, but you can become hindered if you expect success every time. I plan to stick with this routine for a while, then to work on bigger, more conceptual projects.