Artist: Kim Nelson
Medium: Painting, graphics & printing
Website: www.kimnelson.com.au
Enquiries: info@kimnelson.com.au
Having embarked on a career in fine art in 1996 Nelson is part of
an emerging array of new artists making their mark on the art world
both nationally and internationally. He has completed work for UNICEF,
been commissioned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and deemed a "good
investment" by Australian investment entrepreneur and art collector,
the late Rene Rivkin. His work can be found gracing the walls of
such headquarters as News Corp., New York and the Australia High
Commission in London.
Nelson was born in the Australian east coast town of Kiama, the
fifth child of farming parents. He has literally drawn from the
moment he could hold a pencil. His uncle is the renowned Australian
landscape artist Leonard Long, though if the truth be known, their
artistic connection stops there. "I was already way down the
creative road before I had much comprehension of my ‘famous’
uncle. I didn’t really get to know him until I was thirty.
Very different aims, different inspirations."
Upon finishing high school Nelson attended live drawing classes
for twelve months at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, a studio
with a reputation for its application to drawing. "....drawing
is elementary to me and fundamental in the development of any artwork.
It was the first form of art I did as a child and I find the act
of drawing is still the purest and most direct form of expression."
Nelson embarked upon a ten year career in graphic design and advertising
(concurrent with a career in contemporary music) followed by another
eight years as a manager/curator of museums and galleries, primarily
for the National Trust of Australia.
In 1996 he realized his dream of a fulltime career in fine art.
Though his work can be quite diverse he identifies most strongly
with symbolism and the spiritual, drawing much inspiration from
the great works of the past. "I seek not to emulate the styles
and techniques of the past, but to reinterpret and develop them
in the present and for the future."
For further information about this artist visit:
www.kimnelson.com.au
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