Kimberly
Blackstock is a Canadian artist from the West Coast whose innovative style has
gained international recognition among visual art enthusiasts. Born in
Vancouver, Blackstock’s childhood was characterized by constant change and new
surroundings, ultimately shaping her artistic vision and inspiring her to
challenge perceptions while viewing the world from new perspectives. Each piece
she creates invites the viewer to examine expectations and invites each on a
journey of discovery and delight.
Blackstock’s
unique artistic vision is not only characterized by her experimentation with
different perspectives and ways of seeing but also by her unconventional
painting style and her passion to push the boundaries of paint application.
Rarely using brushes, she applies paint with her hands, rags, leftover palette
sheets, spray bottles, and a vast collection of squeeze bottles filled with
custom-mixed hues of paint that have become her most used tools in the studio.
With a
background in Design and Illustration, Blackstock’s compositions and placements
of elements are meticulously thought out yet have a carefree, unrestrictive
feeling that is both playful and inviting. The artist’s multi-layered works
blend mixed media and unconventional techniques connecting her to broader
movements of change within contemporary art. Her vibrant compositions feature
playful textures of color that convey a sense of joy and exploration, with
3-dimensional dots, parallel lines that drip off the sides of her panels, and
pools of thick paint that rest like collections of puddles in rainbow hues.
Blackstock is
internationally recognized as a representative of Western Canadian art and her
ability to instill feelings of joy in her audience through the orchestrated
exploration of paint attracts the attention of collectors worldwide. Blackstock
is exhibited and published in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
