NICHE style Winter 2015
True to our name, NICHE magazine strives to be unique and continually evolving, and 2015 is no different. We have tweaked our fashion forward approach to remain worldly but with a definitive local perspective. Our content remains intelligent with enhanced editorials that touch a local chord; stories I am certain you will love reading. Our design remains ever elegant, with glossy photos and thoughtful layouts, but this year, with a new approach to reader connections and expanded online exclusives.
True to our name, NICHE magazine strives to be unique and continually evolving, and 2015 is no different. We have tweaked our fashion forward approach to remain worldly but with a definitive local perspective. Our content remains intelligent with enhanced editorials that touch a local chord; stories I am certain you will love reading. Our design remains ever elegant, with glossy photos and thoughtful layouts, but this year, with a new approach to reader connections and expanded online exclusives.
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IMAGINE, GROWING UP WITH ENDLESS TIME TO BE CREATIVE —<br />
DIGGING IN THE CRAFT BOX EVERY DAY, TAKING ANYTHING YOU<br />
WANTED AND MAKING ANYTHING YOU WANTED<br />
by Jill Lang | arts columnist<br />
Indeed Kim Newns grew up with the world of arts<br />
and craft as her oyster, learning, among other art<br />
forms, finger painting (which she still does) from<br />
her mother, who ran a pre-school out of their large<br />
home in Cobble Hill. Newns also spent considerable<br />
time with her father, who was a musician, taking acting<br />
and voice lessons and performing piano.<br />
“I HAD AN AMAZING CHILDHOOD,<br />
BEING CREATIVE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A<br />
TOP PRIORITY.”<br />
Although Newns completed a Bachelor of Commerce<br />
from Mt. Allison University in New Brunswick and<br />
the business of art fans her fiery flames, she’s most<br />
playful and relaxed painting and creating. Once<br />
she sits down and the first brush is lifted, there’s no<br />
stopping her. She works predominantly with acrylic<br />
and oil, and recently she painted her first water colour<br />
in ten years—her first ever lion painting, which I gave<br />
to my mother for her sixtieth birthday in Leo last year.<br />
Newns’ artistic influences include Emily Carr, Monet<br />
and Picasso, with landscapes and music being her<br />
favourite subjects to paint.<br />
“Growing up in such a musical household has given<br />
me the ability to really listen, feel and appreciate<br />
music,” Newns says. “You will see on your Janis Joplin<br />
painting where I was listening to ‘Me and Bobby<br />
McGee’ and where I was listening to her slower songs.”<br />
I love to put<br />
secret images into my work,<br />
SO LOOK CLOSELY.<br />
-KIM NEWNS<br />
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