With love and friendship, Kimberly would like to respectfully acknowledge the Ktunaxa and Secwépemc peoples, whose beautiful unceded lands she was raised on and where she lives, works, and paints. Kimberly feels it an honour to learn and grow together through listening and engagement and hopes to support a bright future that is radiant with love and respect to all Beings.
KIMBERLY OLSON
peace places
A visual artist with over a decade of experience in the healing arts, Kimberly creates peace places and visual spaces that promote healing and peace of mind. She hopes to capture an aliveness, a wakefulness that harnesses the varied fluctuations of living a human life.
latest collections
THE SPACE BETWEEN PUSH + PULL
This body of work is the result of the delicate interplay of two opposing, but often complementary forces; the push and pull between form and feeling, indulgence and restraint. It is a testament to trusting that sometimes, less is more. As a person who has learned to manage her sensitivity and higher levels of anxiety with various practices, this work is a yearning for simplicity and calm, patience and trust, away from the overstimulation that often accompanies this digital age. Kimberly encourages the viewer to spend time with the works so that the delicate nature of each piece can reveal itself overtime.
BETWEEN TWO: EXPERIENTIAL ART
An immersive, meditative art experience.
These subtle artworks can serve as a tool for learning meditation - being fully present in the moment. Focusing on an object is one way to sustain attention. By simply following the numbered guide and contemplative questions, you may be surprised by what you discover!
This body of work reflects the theme of 'Opposites,' the push and pull between form and feeling, indulgence and restraint, weight and weightlessness. Some of these pieces are delicate and subtle in their palette, requiring time spent with the paintings —a meditative moment until your eyes adjust and the colours and forms are gently revealed over time. These paintings are more based on feeling and weightlessness rather than being grounded in our material world. Other works are more indulgent, rich in colour, stimulating the senses, form-based, more weighted and of this earth. There is a dance between the two.
