Artist Statement

Art is the personality of one’s inner self. Without that understanding, one cannot create. My art reveals how I think, feel, see, understand and even experience life. The art process is a true awareness of one’s surroundings. Painting is a constant and spiritual development of problem solving. I find that I am protective of my art because it is personal to me. A good piece of art should become personal to the viewer.

I paint what I see. My passion is to visit new places and capture them in the paintings I do. I hope to convey what I have seen and felt to others so that the pieces become a treasure to the owner.

I wish you luck in finding your personal favorite.

Kimbal

About the Artist

Kimbal Warren grew up in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah. As a young boy, he discovered that he could draw most things better than his peers. And that he would rather draw than do about anything else.

He graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1978. Some of his early odd jobs that helped support his young family and his painting included mechanic, window washer, truck driver, horse wrangler, hay hauler, tail twister, and furrier. Served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1971 to 1978. He has been a full-time freelance painter for over three decades. He is married to Gayle Christensen Warren. His studio and residence is in Mapleton, Utah at the base of Hobble Creek Canyon. They have one daughter (Jennifer & Eric Hansen) and four horses.

The horses have been a way for him to photograph and sketch areas that most do not see. He regularly packs his animals with a week’s worth of gear and grub and heads out for some of his favorite places to paint…the Wind River Mountain Range in Wyoming, the Uintah Mountain Range in Utah, or the many canyons in southern and eastern Utah. Kimbal is no stranger to adventure. (See Kimbal’s blog for his story on one such adventure) He has also been an avid hiker, climbing to the top of the Grand Teton in Wyoming, hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and many places in between.

Kimbal and his wife, Gayle, have had the opportunity to travel. Kimbal has painted and sketched throughout a whole lot of the world, but his favorite place to paint is the rocky mountain west.

Affiliations

• Board of Trustees – Springville Art Museum – 2006 to 2017
• Board of Acquisitions – Springville Art Museum – 2006 to 2017
• Member – Plein Air Painters of Utah
• Member – Oil Painters of America

Awards

• 2019 – Midway Plein Air Paradise Competition – Purchase Award and Third Place Award
• 2014 – Spring City Plein Air Competition – Merit Award
• 2013-2014 – ART Renewal Center – Honorable Mention – Landscapes
• 2013 – Plein Air Moab – Best of Show – Southwest Art Magazine Award
• 2013 – Plein Air Magazine – Best Of Plein Air Moab
• 2012 – Dixie/Sears Invitational, St. George, Utah – Honorable Mention
• 2012 – Plein Air Artists Competition – Spring City, Utah – First Place
• 2012 – Springville Museum of Art – Spiritual & Religious Art Competition – Merit Award
• 2011 – Dixie/Sears Invitational Show – St. George, Utah – Honorable Mention
• 2011 – Shenandoah Invitational Show – Southern Virgina – Honorable Mention in Oils
• 2008 – Utah Plein Air Art Festival – Award of Merit
• 2008 – Dixie College Art Show – Honorable Artist Award
• 2007 – Springville Museum of Art – Merit Awards
• 2007 – Dixie College Art Show – 2nd Place
• 2006 – Springville Museum of Art – Purchase Award
• 2003 – Dixie College Art Show – 3rd Place
• 2002 – Dixie College Art Show – Viewer’s Choice
• 1998 – Rocky Mountain Art Invitational – Award of Excellence
• 1994 – Dixie College Invitational Show – Best of Show Purchase Awards
• 1995 – Dixie College Invitational Show – People’s Choice Award
• 1991 – Dixie College Invitational Show – Best of Show Purchase Award
• 1988 – Texas Cowboy Artists – Best of Show and L.M. Leedy/Resistol Award
• 1986 – Rocky Mountain Western Artists Association – Best of Show
• 1979 – Look Out Mountain Art Show – Denver, Colorado – Best of Show
• LDS Church Museum of Art and History International Show – 2 Purchase awards

Additional Show Participation

• Zion Bank Invitational Show – Salt Lake City, UT
• Mountain Oyster Show, Tucson, AZ
• Springville Museum of Art April Salon – Springville, Utah
• Charlie Russell Show – Great Falls, Montana
• F. Weixler Company Group Show – Salt Lake City, Utah
• Texas Cowboy Artists – El Paso, Texas
• Amarillo Rotary Club Show – Amarillo, Texas
• Miniature Art Show Sponsored by T. Boone Pickens – Amarillo, Texas
• Days of 47 Western Heritage Art Show
• Guest Artist – Ranchero Ride – Solvang, California

Publications

Magazine Articles: Featured Artist

• Art of the West
• Focus Santa Fe
• The Santa Fean

Books

• The Willie Martin Handcart Story
• Painters of Utah’s Canyons and Deserts
• Utah Painters & Sculptors
• Painters of the Wasatch Mountains
• Artists of Utah
• Plein Air Magazine

Other

• Salt Lake Tribune
• Daily Herald
• Springville Herald

Painting Instruction

• Springville Art Museum
• Provo City
• Midway Art Association
• Mapleton Community Center
• Utah Art Guild
• Women’s Arts Council
• Group Painting Workshops
• Plein Air Workshops
• Private Instruction

Private and Corporate Collectors

• Dixie College
• Zions Bank
• Brigham Young University
• Springville Museum of Art
• County of Utah
• State of Utah
• LDS Church
• Sandia Federal Bank
• Huntsman Chemical
• Executives from the Bank of Montreal
• Little America Hotel chain
• Qwest Communications

Corporate Awards/Gifts

Kimbal’s paintings have been presented to many honorees for corporate and retirement awards. Contact us if you are interested in commissioning Kimbal for a special gift.

Art of the West Magazine describes Kimbal Warren as… “A hardworking artist possessed of an informed will that provides him with deep insight into his subject. Warren is much a part of the actual experience of the landscapes he inhibits, always interested in expanding his horizons.”

Focus Sante Fe Magazine describes Warren’s work as…”lyric celebrations of the land, combining a Realist’s exacting form and design, a master colorist’s eye, and a romantic’s sensibility. His signature landscapes are dynamic images, where form subtly pushes the eye throughout the canvas.”

Vern Swansen, Director of the Springville Museum of Art, says about Kimbal’s work… “Kimbal is a true naturalist. Nature is too great for most of us, we need interpreters to focus our eyes and fix our gaze. By condensing nature to the flat rectangular canvas, an artist can take a bit of landscape and give us all of nature. Kimbal Warren balances what he sees and what he knows, into paintings of power and grace. Somehow I understand nature a little better after standing before his paintings. As his art matures, he’ll bring new insights and those who have an eye to beauty will understand.”