Bill Inman

Artwork submitted for bid 
at ourSeptember 4, 2011 auction:

"Lost Trail Found"
16"x20", Oil
Gallery Price: $1400

Bill has pursued his dream of creating beautiful art since he first stood at an easel at the age of five. He sold his first painting in a professional gallery while still in high school. Inman grew up with an artist for a father and was exposed to the art world at a young age. This exposure fostered an on-going thirst for knowledge on many levels. All aspects of a broad variety of visual medium have been skillfully studied, if not mastered: painting, printmaking, sculpture, illustration and digital animation, plus photography and art history. Bill has completed his studies toward a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting. It is this quest for knowledge that synthesized his passion as a painter.

Inman’s color and design sense were begun under Kesler Woodward at the University of Alaska. Intensive study in painting, drawing, illustration, color and design were continued under Leon Parson at Rick’s College in Rexburg, Idaho. But one of his most influential instructors at Rick’s College was Arlo Coles (a good friend of Sergei Bongart) who ignited a passion for Russian and French Impressionist imagery and techniques. These influences on the landscape artist helped him combine the French and Russian qualities, and mold them with his own personal style of increased contrast and saturated color to emotionally capture the heart of his collectors.

After six years painting primarily en plein air, Inman realized his preference was for studio work with occasional outdoor expeditions. “I become so focused that disturbances such as wind and shifting sun become distractions – don’t get me wrong, I am outdoors learning the effects of light and color all the time, everywhere I go I am studying nature, I love it, that’s why I paint flowers and landscapes – I just want to make sure that I am fully engaged and can see clearly what I am placing on the canvas. I’m so concentrated when I paint a bomb could go off and I would miss it.” Inman uses his field studies, memory, imagination and digital photos as reference to create his naturalistic works. “My goal is to help viewers feel like they are looking out a window or doorway into a beautiful scene, one that beckons to forget the world for a while and simply enjoy the peace and serenity, the incredible beauty Heavenly Father has provided.”

Inman wants as little detail as possible to convey an image so the viewer’s imagination participates. His desire is for the observer to experience the same original enthusiasm that he treasured upon his first encounter with the subject matter. Gardens burst with the colors of stately hollyhocks and fragrant roses. Flowers seem so alive collectors often comment that they can smell the fragrance. Inman stops painting detail when he believes that he has achieved the naturalism and emotive response he is seeking.  One’s eye completes the story started with brush and pigment.

As much as he thanks Heavenly Father daily for the gift of being an artist, his greatest joy is in his family. Kristie and their 7 children have supported and sustained him through every moment. Bill’s life is a dream fulfilled. He is constantly amazed with and wishes to thank the incredible people he has met and worked with as an artist. The gallery owners and collectors are some of the most kind and generous people he knows. He is blessed to show in some of the top galleries in the country and was featured in Southwest Art as ‘An Artist to Watch’. Enjoy the view!

Website: www.InmanFineArts.com

Hayden Hays Gallery -
http://www.haydenhaysgallery.com/artist_artwork/240/920/Bill-Inman.html;

Gallerie Kornye West Invitational Show in September -
http://www.kornyewest.com/

Meyer Gallery - http://www.meyergalleries.com/html/artistresultsfull.asp?artist=238&testing=true/more_works/180page1.asp

Sigmans Gallery in Indianapolis, Indiana

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