Library Exhibit
Paintings by Barbara Kimmel-Palmer

Tuesday, January 2, 2007 through Friday, March 16, 2007

WHERE:
John F. Kennedy Memorial Library on the Cal State L.A. campus. The University is located at the Eastern Avenue exit, San Bernardino (I-10) Freeway, at the interchange of the 10 and 710 Freeways. Public (permit dispenser) parking is available in Lot F or the top level of Parking Structure 2.
Campus map: www.calstatela.edu/univ/maps/cslamap.htm

INFO:
The exhibit is open to the public and free of charge. For more information on the exhibit, please call (323) 343-4435.

BACKGROUND:
An educator by training, Barbara Kimmel-Palmer taught elementary school at the Rowland Unified School district for over 20 years. After retiring from the school district in 2004, Barbara Kimmel-Palmer moved to Prescott, Arizona and recently opened a new gallery with some local artists.  More than 30 years ago, Barbara began painting in oils with Sandra Bergeron and transitioned into watercolors about 15 years ago.  She currently paints in both media and enjoys the challenge of each.  Barbara exhibited at the Laguna Beach Art-A-Fair from 1990 to 2005 where many of her paintings were sold. In 2002, one of her paintings was selected for the annual Art-A-Fair festival poster.   At Rowland Unified School District in addition to running the after school art program, Barbara painted 5 large murals for the school district.  Her most recent mural was completed in 121 hours at Yorbita Elementary school and extends 12 feet by 4 feet high on 9 panels.  Barbara began teaching watercolor ten years ago and is currently teaching watercolor workshops at her new gallery, Mountain High Five Art Gallery.  

Children are among her favorite subjects.  “I love to paint them in their own little worlds, doing what children do,” Barbara explains.  Her underwater scenes and landscapes frequently begin with wet-into-wet techniques. Then she develops the painting impressionistically until the subject matter develops a life of its own.  Her favorite subjects also include florals, seascapes, and shells. Her paintings have been reproduced in needlepoint, greeting cards, and limited edition lithographs. The art galleries that have exhibited Barbara’s art include Visions Gallery, of Morro Bay, The Watercolor Gallery, of Laguna Beach, Yorba Linda Art Gallery, of Yorba Linda, and Village Art Gallery, of Fullerton.