Kris
Kuksi 2006
Artist
http://www.kuksi.com
Kim
Evans is an important figure on the contemporary art scene.
It was in Austria where we first met and she studied the secrets of the
old masters’ methods of painting with me. She has since acquired her
own masterly skills in this approach, simply adding that knowledge to a
wide range of methods and materials that she had already brought to the
table. Indeed, her own visual language was already highly developed at this
point. Her work is ancient and modern; synthetic and natural; mystical and
human, unveiling a timeless language… as it transcends but includes
all that has come before. Her images allow one to think without making oppressively
literal references, so that viewers are free to identify with the work.
I have referred to Kim as the Queen of the Visionary Tribe –Down Under,
as she offers us a noble way to explore and come to an understanding of
the inner life and spirit of humankind.
After all, she is in full agreement with the wisdom of Hegel, who said:
“Art is a source of original knowledge.” Kim’s fantastic
works commingle into an archetypal river of flowing feminine forms revealing
the invisible behind the visible, eternal energy behind matter – the
daughter of the infinite, the son of the eternal. It is where the past and
present merge through an intuitive eye on the future in a constant exchange
and perpetual transformation of organic forms gestating from the collective
building blocks of the unconscious to the visual, emotional-mental and refined
spiritual states available, and back again. She opens herself to become
an instrument, a looking glass that becomes a see-through lens for the human
experience, a consciousness cartographer.
What is expressed is truly an art of the soul.
There are so many great artists in the world, but greatness, in my book,
is not measured by skill or imagination alone. We need only to become personally
acquainted with Kim Evans to understand what it means to possess a great
talent that is balanced and tempered by a heart full of compassion, sincerity
and generosity; a mind that is incisive and sensitive and a soul that is
humble and beautiful…For those who have not had the honor of meeting
this rare artist, they are fortunate to have the pleasure of seeing her
works of art.
Prof. Philip Rubinov Jacobson, MFA - Artist, philosopher, educator, and
author of DRINKING LIGHTNING – Art, Creativity and Transformation,
EYES OF THE SOUL – Exploring Inspiration in Art and PROMETHEAN FLAMES
– Rekindling and Re-visioning the Creative Fire.
http://www.rubinovs-lightning.com
Kim probes her soul for personal symbols and stories, and breaths life into fantastical imagery that her minds eye sees in the patterns before her. The final image is brilliant in it's technique and stirs in the viewer a wondering of what they are looking at - is it a dream, a fantasy, a vision? One can not look at one of Kim's works for a brief second, they require a long drinking in of all of the layers. And once you have drunk in the power of Kim's work, they stay with you, hauntingly, until they draw you in again, lulling you to take yet another look. And when you do, yet more is reveled. You must come back again and again, to see more. Her work is alive and grows richer and more dense with each viewing. Such alluring artworks are a rarity in the art world today and I am a better person, and artist, for knowing an artist of such rare talent.
Kim Evans is truly one of the great visionary artists of the 21st century. And one who will be included in the annuals of art history for future generations to ponder and learn volumes from. I know my great grandchildren will visit her works in the museums of the future and will be proud that they are, even minutely, connected to her through their Great Grandmother. And hopefully, they will be inspired by Kim's work, as I am today.
Linda
Chido
Artist and Mother
www.lindachido.com
Kim has been my introduction to the artworld. Having no artistic flair myself, I am constantly amazed that such weird and wonderful, strange and yet capivatingly beautiful workings can flow through the hands of one person.
What an imagination!
The works themselves simply grab your mind and keep it captivated as you discover more and more detail within what, at first, appears to be one design, but actually consists of what may be many inspirations.
Kim creates pictures within pictures, layers upon layers, all waiting to be discovered, until you suddenly realise that much time has passed you by, while you were lost within her work.
Leigh
Buntine
Business Buddies
The
art of Kim Evans provides the viewer with intimate visions into her inner
worlds that seductively appear out of patterns and layers embedded with
personal meaning and symbolic archetypes.
Here, Beings speak with ancient voices and their wisdom is entwined with
symbols that celebrate the goddess, nature, soul and our living essence.
These symbols are known throughout history and arise out of the unconscious
like a map to the soul. Her work celebrates what it is to be human with
all our frailties, and these intuitive notations woven within beautifully
detailed drawings and paintings, capture in time, intensely private experiences
that we can all relate to.
I have been privileged to know Kim Evans as a fellow artist and friend for the past 20 years. As a passionately open and compassionate female warrior of the Surrealist and Visionary art movement, Kim has inspired many artists here in Australia and overseas, to create their truth. Kim is as her artwork, ie a beautiful complexity, mysterious and alluring.
Kim’s
artwork has a beauty and a soul of its own which reminds us to view our
life and the world we live in without boundaries.
Kim holds an important place in the “underground” art scene
of Melbourne and she is well known amongst the Surrealist and Visionary
art movements here as well as in America and Europe.
Her work should be a valued addition to any serious art collection.
Angela
Nagel 2006
Artist
Kim Evans is quite simply a professional artist capable of taking your breath away. Kim's likeable and positive nature produces interpersonal skills that are exceptional. She possesses a charming personable demeanor that earns an instant rapport and trust with everyone she deals with.
I
believe Kim's inspired creative scope has generated a body of work that
belies the capabilities of one person. Her working style of respecting timeframes
with managed efficiency but remaining vigilant in attention to detail is
an extremely rare and valuable combination, yet an essential trait of a
true industry
professional.
I
have worked in film and television production extensively in
Australia and Asia, as well as with many acclaimed British and American
counterparts. I have witnessed many outstanding professionals in all forms
of visual arts, and require no hesitation in acclaiming that Kim is nothing
short of world class.
Kim Evans has my highest recommendation and my eternal endorsement.
Yours sincerely,
Ade
F. Djajamihardja
Film & Television Producer/Lecturer
