June Issue 2002
Coleman Fine Art in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Kim Weiland
As young students in Rome, Kim Weiland and
Mary Whyte often painted together in the glorious Italian capital.
After art school, life took the artists in different directions,
until 28 years later, when Weiland walked into Coleman Fine Art
in Charleston, SC, with his portfolio containing luminous watercolors
of the ever-changing coastal waterways. Now an accomplished painter
living in Ocean City, NJ, Weiland combines a mature classic painting
style with his passion for ships and sailing. Coleman Fine Art
will be featuring Weiland's works through June 30, 2002.
Weiland's desire to paint surfaced at an early age where with
the support and encouragement from his parents led to private
study with local artist Anthony Trezza, and further instruction
with Pat Witt, a South Jersey Painter. He studied at the Tyler
College of Art, with Mary Whyte. In June of 1976, graduating from
Tyler with a BFA, he relocated to Ocean City. Here the serene
influences of the coast soon found a stronghold in his style and
subject matter.
Weiland works almost exclusively in watercolor because the transparent
qualities of the medium respond well to his study of color and
light. The subject of the sea is a dominating influence in his
work as the scope of his painting tells the ever-changing story
of the East coast
"My paintings, watercolors and oils reflect many things:
The last thirty years of a love affair with God's ocean and everything
near it. After many long years, these are rewarding times for
me as a painter. The years of persistence and perseverance have
led me closer to my goal. I have come to understand that with
the mark in sight, sometimes it is better to tack and sail with
the breeze than to paint upwind hopelessly," states Weiland.
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