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Jim Kilmartin received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration
from Rochester Institute of Technology. A couple of years
later he received his Associate degree in Advertising
from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. It was at RIT
that Jim began using colored pencils.
"Colored pencils gave me the opportunity to get really
close to the paper and get very detailed. The arrays of
colors available are incredible. My subject of choice
is people. I love finding all the different colors in
a person's face and in the wrinkles and shadows of their
clothes. With colored pencils, there's no limit to the
possibilities."
Jim has lived on Cape Cod for close to 11 years. In that
time he has been the recipient of two First Place awards,
one Second Place award and an Honorable Mention from the
Cape Cod Art Association. Jim also received an Honorable
Mention in the Colored Pencil Exhibition 2000 which appeared
at the Vera Curnow Gallery & Art Center in Rising
Sun, IN. As a member of the Colored Pencil Society of
America, Jim has had the honor of having his work selected
twice to appear in the CPSA annual shows. Most recently,
Jim was asked by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod to develop
a self portrait for their show "Self Portrait Cape
Cod", which runs from January 5th to February 9th
2008. He will also be displaying his work at the Cultural
Center of Cape Cod from January 30th to February 10th
2008.
Events and
Awards: Past, Present and Future:
- Recipient of two
First Place awards, one Second Place
award and an Honorable Mention from
the Cape Cod Art Association art shows
- Artwork selected
to appear in the International Colored
Pencil Society of America show in
2000 and 2001
- Received an Honorable
Mention in the Colored Pencil Exhibition
2000 which appeared at the Vera Curnow
Gallery & Art Center in Rising
Sun, IN
- Invited by the Arts
Foundation of Cape Cod to create a
piece of artwork for “Self Portrait
Cape Cod” a self portrait show with
55 local artists
- Displayed artwork
at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod,
February 1st – 10th 2008
- Hired by Wilkinson
Studios on a Work for Hire program
to illustrate “Simon’s Scoop” published
by Rigby®, a trademark of Harcourt
Achieve Inc. Also illustrated “Manny
Masters Curling” and “Welcome to Miner
Town”
- Invited by
The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod to
display art at the First Annual Cape
Cod Food and Wine Festival at Highfield
Hall, Falmouth MA June 2008
- Invited by the Cultural
Center of Cape Cod to be involved
in “Works in Progress”
- One of 8 artists
displaying work in the show “Les Extremes
se touchent…where extremes meet” at
the Cultural Center of Cape Cod August
13th -17th 2008
- Artwork selected
to display at the ArtWorks! Show “A
New Perspective On Politics”, June
7th – July 13th 2008
- Created logo
for newly established Rotary Club
of Barnstable Sunrise
Jim Kilmartin
is a proud member of the following organizations:
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