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DISCOVER! | SEPTEMBER 17, 2016
14 | Pieces
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER
Painting
the
big, white
whale
At a Glance:
WHAT: The Moby Dick Series:
Works by Kimble Bromley
WHERE: Pearson Lakes Art Center
WHEN: Sept. 1-Nov. 12
COST: Free
CONTACT: 712-332-7013
ONLINE: www.lakesart.org
Student work:
Downstairs another exhibit is
up and running. Don’t forget to
check out the Avis Davis Student
Exhibition on display in the Wikert
Gallery for Emerging Artists from
Sept. 8-Nov. 12
Artist Kimble Bromley presents The Moby Dick Series
Kimble Bromley has a unique
approach to his art; hypnosis. A
professor of painting and drawing
at North Dakota State University
in Fargo, Bromley has long studied
the relationship between hypnosis
and creativity. And that creativity is
on display starting this month at the
Pearson Lakes Art Center in Okoboji.
The Moby Dick Series: Works by
Kimble Bromley is up from Sept.
1-Nov. 12 in the Monte Pearson Gallery.
“Bromley is an internationally acclaimed
hypnotist as well as an artist
and talks about the ability of hypnotism
to induce a creative state
and paint more freely,” said Britney
Hansen, visual arts director at the
Pearson Lakes Art Center. “His work
is abstract and large scale with broad
movements, color and a sense of playfulness.
He also captures movement
very well.”
This current series is based on the
1851 Herman Melville novel “Moby-
Dick; or, The Whale” and includes oil
on canvas paintings completed from
2009-2016.
“He’s still building on the series,
which is abstract but has recognizable
elements throughout that people will
know,” Hansen said.
Maybe it’s harpoons in one painting,
or a set of ships on another. Most
obvious is probably the white whale
skeleton set against a red background
in the largest painting of the series.
That particular piece is made of
three separate panels and measures
approximately six feet by twelve feet.
“Scale makes a difference and
Bromley talked about how it allows
the opportunity to explore things differently,”
Hansen said.
Hansen was able to explore things
as well in setting up the exhibit as
Bromley simpley dropped of the work
and told her to “go to town” while
hanging them up.
“It was certainly fun to do. We created
the panels with colors to have
an ocean-like feel and it’s something
where the artist gets to see their work
from a different perspective in a gallery
space they might not have seen
otherwise.”
Anyone interested in adding a piece
to their art collection simply needs to
inquire for a price list as all the pieces,
from large to largest, are for sale.
Bromley also will be holding a
workshop at the art center at a date
to be determined that will delve into
the subject of hypnosis and includes
guided drawing sessions.
Dive into the Melville-inspired
series by Kimble Bromley from now
through Nov. 12 at the Pearson Lakes
Art Center. Altogether they tell a
whale of a tale. F
Okoboji | Iowa