KLIM2ART Philadelphia, PA USA
ART OF THIS WORLD: How long have you been painting?
KLIM2ART: Since I was a kid. However, 2006 was a turning point in my approach to oil paint technique. This is when my current style was atually born. AOTW: Did you train as a painter, and if so, where did you go to school? K2A: I don't have a formal art education, but a year of private training over at Ian Mack studio in Chelsea, NY made a huge difference helping me understand what I want to be as an artist. AOTW: What inspires you to paint? K2A: My biggest inspiration is a human figure as well as gestures combined with the dynamics of motion. It's a very challenging task, but this is the reason why I paint. I see my artistic mission in showing the beauty of the human body in dynamics and motion. AOTW: Who are your favorite artists? K2A: Francis Bacon, Ron Kitaj, Bansky, who is the Elvis of the art world, that's for sure. I know I should have said Botticelli or Rembrandt, but I'm not THAT sophisticated. AOTW: What has inspired your recent work? K2A: Scenes that I see around me. My favorite way of going about it is memorizing the motion and then coming up with a piece based on what I remember. AOTW: How do you start a piece? K2A: I first do a sketch using acrylics, wait ten minutes, then go on with the details. AOTW: What materials do you use in your work? K2A: I use cardboard, oil paints, and acrylics. I feel guilty for not painting on canvas, but I'll eventually come back to the roots. AOTW: Do you offer your paintings to the public? K2A: Absolutely, I do. AOTW: How do you feel that your life is linked to your work? For example, can you make connections with events or memories that may enter into your work? K2A: Not really. I base all my work on something that I just saw, like a moment ago. Digging through the past is not my cup of tea. AOTW: How often do you paint? K2A: Pretty often, say every other day. AOTW: What strikes you when you look at a piece of art? K2A: I would say brushwork. When Francis Bacon did his self portrait he had something wrong with one of his eyes and it was ruthlessly honest--it was all because of the brushwork, his way of using it. Fearless, confident, brutally honest brushwork. AOTW: Have you worked in any other art form, for example, sculpture? If not, is there another art form that interests you? K2A: Not really. I am not yet as good as I want to be in what I do, there's a lot to improve, so I have to get really good at painting before even thinking about any other art forms. Art does not allow knowing a little about a lot, at least it is like that for me. AOTW: Tell us about what you are currently working on. K2A: I'm trying to come up with a whole series based on a skateboard theme with those motions and gestures. I did a couple of pieces, fell in love with them, and then started hating them--which is a good thing because an artist has to be the harshest judge of what he does. AOTW: Do you have any goals as an artist? K2A: My only goal is to become a good painter, so whatever I paint would make me go through some kind of euphoria of love to my artist self. I wish you knew how far I am from that right now. see more of Klim's work and contact him here |  'Legacy Kids'  'Chelsea Diaries'  'Ego'  'Eater'  'Envy'  'Sitting Figure Study' |
