Kimberly Stemler is a local artist who was born and raised outside of Philadelphia and currently resides in Green Lane with her husband Jon and three sons Asa, Avi and Mihaly. she received a BFA in painting from Tyler School of Art, Temple University and attended the “Temple University abroad” program in Rome for one year.
Recent shows include a four artist abstract group show and a winter abstract show at the jms gallery, the Mainline Art Center’s juried “landscape revisited” exhibition, and an annual invitation to take part in the “NAP invitational salon exhibition of small works,” Kutztown, PA. Public collections of work include the Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union, Chester, PA and Triune in Old City, Philadelphia, PA.
Currently she has been fluctuating between small acrylic paintings on paper and larger oil paintings on canvas. the work revolves around landscapes:
“I am captivated by the earth’s linear quality, the moment of place where the horizon is created by our view of land and all of the lines that gather in between. Where it touches the earth and what happens in that area and in those remaining spaces that eventually arrive at our feet. I chisel away at the natural world, patching together bits and pieces, composing and rebuilding the landscape. repeated fragments, dissected skies, slabs of earth.”
“The work involves recognition of the subtleties in life and nature. the order of life- its central formations and ecosystems, this is where my eye is compelled to rest and marvel. These are the moments and pieces of environment I attempt to capture and recreate. patterns, accumulation, repetition: intricacies found in the structure of organic objects. the concept of time and space through light and layers, fields of colors, rooms of glazes, parallel existences.”
Kimberly & Jonathan Stemler Interview, Studio B, Boyertown, PA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1PCIdenib4&t=33s
