Guy Kinnear Artist

Figurative Artist exploring off-the-grid living in a lovely place where even GPS gets lost

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First Free Sundays are for art exploration with a friend!👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏽 Come to the museum for free and chat with local artists at our monthly Coffee and Conversation with Artist Alliance ( @omaartistalliance ) from 12:00-2:00pm. Then, dive deeper into virtual space with the artists and creators of Shinpei Takeda: Limit of Your Safe Space exhibition. Learn about their experiences and share your own experiences on safe space from 12:00-2:00pm. Happy First Free Sunday! #oma #oceanside #artatoma #oceansidemuseumofart #oceansidemuseum #museum #friend #artfriend #explore #artexplore #carslbad #sanmarcos #sandiego #vista #escondido # Reposted from @oceansidemuseum https://www.instagram.com/p/CfkkrSsu4TO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I caught a vision of PAPER MESSENGER AT DAYBREAK early one morning as I was coming around a hairpin turn, and heading down into the Atascadero valley. The scene was magical, majestic, heroic, and theatrical. I think it's in the nature of my work to play The edge between theater, and realism. All painting is theater. Sometimes little more than a form of fantastic escapism. Sometimes all the special effects are trying to act as a reduction of a truth that is otherwise too general and mundane to appreciate. This fellow didn't live on my wall very long, he was snapped up and now lives with someone else. #oilpainting #painting #environmentalart #livewithearth #anthropocene #figurativepainting #surrealistart #postcontemporaryart #magicrealism #visionaryart #expressiveart #humanfigure #figurativeart #humanbody #artistmodel #artisticnude #divinemessenger #mystic #mysticism https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRSySuFJev/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Earlier tonight I was playing around with lighting options for the Golem Agape Fest painting... My wife peeked in, told me "hold still!" And this is what she saw... #wip #artistmodel #stagelighting #magic #magicmoment #magicrealism #golem #papertoy #play #creativeprocess #artistlife #agape https://www.instagram.com/p/CYnmZ_Gr_1x/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Hello All! I have four works in THE OTHERWORLD Exhibition, a group exhibition of visionary artists exploring alternate realities. THE OTHERWORLD opened to the public last Friday and will be up till the first week of February. Opening reception (yes, in-person!) is December 2nd in Thousand Oaks, CA. I will be there and would love to see you! Can I just say, not only am I honored to be sharing the walls with some amazing artists of the past and present, but also a couple of them are creative heroes I have studied and followed since I started my creative life as a young man. It is incredible to be sharing wall space with many of the creatives who have been my idols. Below is a link to the exhibit page with the curator’s statement and list of participants: https://rollandgallery.callutheran.edu/2021/10/13/the-otherworld/ #artexhibit #art #artgallery #magicrealism #surrealism #imaginativerealism #postcontemporary #painting #mysticism #visionaryart https://www.instagram.com/p/CWYZ1ihp7k5/?utm_medium=tumblr

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From our mini-blog CONVERSATIONS FROM THE PORCH: Jennifer said to a colleague at work last week: “I am so excited! Did you see all the green?” They replied: “No, What green?” Jennifer was quiet a moment: “the green the green buds The autumn rains, and the grass is waking up. The buds are everywhere, all over the hills around us under foot You don’t see them all?” our hills do not follow the greeting-card calendar seasons. our hills green in winter, the first buds awaken from their slumber after the first autumn rains sheltering under the protective stalks of their gold-grey parents of summer come winter they will stand up in full green glory to lift, and refresh the sky #conversationsfromtheporch #visualblog #offthegrid #offthegridliving #art #artistlife #livingonland #creativelife #sustainableliving #anthropocene #sketchbook #expressiveart #focus #mysticism #mystic #mindfulness #meditation https://www.instagram.com/p/CWFMzE7L2aB/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Stalk bent weary Leaves and petals frayed, curled in Cowering in the heat. Hiding underneath this mass of decay Tiny pockets of life–I almost missed you! Tomorrow’s Meal *a conversation topic from Jennifer #conversationsfromtheporch #visualblog #offthegrid #offthegridliving #art #artistlife #livingonland #creativelife #sustainableliving #anthropocene #sketchbook #expressiveartstherapy #gardening #drought https://www.instagram.com/p/CU6KSRAp_tH/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Just wanted to share a brief studio update with Y’all… big project in the works! #artist #artistlife #offthegridliving #creative #wip #golem #papertoy #artontheeasel #magicrealism #imaginativerealism #studioupdate #studio #artstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CUwZv8yD3eN/?utm_medium=tumblr

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So… what do you think? Life continuously heals, because life so continuously injures if i understand correctly movement is injury action tears the very fibers of muscle that are the engines of movement then one breath later sore muscles heal stronger so… here’s the question I guess: Which is force is faster? the injury or the healing? what if I feed the healing? with breath beauty love or… #conversationsfromtheporch #visualblog #offthegrid #offthegridliving #art #artistlife #livingonland #creativelife #sustainableliving #anthropocene #sketchbook #expressiveart #solar #focus #mysticism #mystic #healing #mindfulness #meditation #breathingprayer #sacredbreath #golem #android #automaton https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsrrFGPEtO/?utm_medium=tumblr

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CONVERSATION: SEEING

KENOSIS 3: FEEL, oil on panel, 12"X16", 2021 i don’t know if i am seeing things correctly when                  my certainty couples with wrath        when my friendship couples with scorn                       … this can’t be right this is no way I must not be seeing things Somewhere around here,           There is some perspective       Where the scales will take chance to fall                               From my eyes   and light fill my body                         whole to the fingertips.

detailIMAGE KEY: GOLEM: from Hebrew, literally “unformed”, primordial matter just before animation. Also a wonder-tale from Jewish folklore, a humanoid created by a rabi, animated by the word EMET (truth) written on its tongue or forehead. KENOSIS: a spiritual act of emptying of self to make space for the greater. To join this FROM THE PORCH conversation, click below: Your Name & Email will be requested in the COMMENT FORM, but it is not required. Read the full article

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CONVERSATION: DROUGHT

For me, to not garden is not an option. I garden for my sanity. I garden for my table. I garden for beauty. So in a drought year, how do I make the best use of a thimble-full of water? STRAW. With seeds tucked in under the soil, drip lines run across the topsoil, and straw covering everything, I was able to sprout my whole garden with very little water. Then, once there were little sprouts, I moved the straw back from them but made sure any empty soil was completely covered with straw. And bonus--NO WEEDING!!!Drought in life, both literal and metaphorical, can drive us to creative solutions. What creative innovations have sprouted to help you use your thimble-full of water during times of drought? Read the full article

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CONVERSATION: CHASING

Ever had a day Where you spent it all Chasing foxes out of your garden, Only to drop into bed exhausted Wondering, "What did I do today?" Read the full article

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So excited to be a part of this conversation again! And hard to believe this excellwnt community is only a year old! Come join us if you can Make sure you SIGN UP HERE to receive access link (link sent out a couple of days before session): http://eepurl.com/g7qB2b @dialoguesforartists TIME: 20h CET (Europe), tpm BST (UK), 2pm EDT (US), 11am PDT (US). Please check your time zone if not listed. #dialoguesforartists #dialoguesforartistsinachangingworld #postcontemporaryart #engagingnow #makingmeaning #cocreation #sharingideas #exchange #postcontemporary #collectivethinking https://www.instagram.com/p/CPb4vfhHHBz/?utm_medium=tumblr

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New large piece on the way. My kids and I made this dragon a year ago, and he has been waiting until now to step into a painting. Underpainting is done, now onto the color block in. This is going to be fun! #paintingprocess #panting #oilpainting #papertoy #dragon #chinesedragon #papersculpture #artistmodel #magicrealism #artist #creativeprocess #art #underpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/CPWFxb5nwxm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Fresh off the easel! A tempest painting inspired by the haiku poet Basho: Lighting! Into the darkness tears The Night Heron's voice #haiku #oilpainting #panting #art #nightheron #nightsky #tempest #storm #lightning #kite #magicrealism #supercellstorm #surrealism #imaginativerealism #expressiveart #symbolism #postcontemporary https://www.instagram.com/p/CN80yeBHDDT/?igshid=1uei0ms40ba6l

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Progress! I am loving the pealing crack happening on the back of his neck!! I hope the rest of him cracks that good! #ecorche #anatomy #anatomysculpture #sculpture #claysculpture #skeleton #golem #figurativeart #classicalnude #nudesculpture #creativeprocess #artistmodel #artist #figurativesculpture #humanfigure https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsb6_yHS87/?igshid=1jtxkygmtt8yv

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Somewhere underneath that musculature is a clay skeleton. I did so much wrong on purpose with this piece. I'm hoping this a ecorche golem will crumble in a really amazing way! #ecorche #anatomy #anatomysculpture #sculpture #claysculpture #skeleton #golem #figurativeart #classicalnude #nudesculpture #creativeprocess #artistmodel #artist #figurativesculpture #humanfigure https://www.instagram.com/p/CNqdFFCHwof/?igshid=crbmfyk8vu0m

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HANGING PAPER MAN AT DAWN is the piece that lives in my studio. I have tried putting him in storage a couple of times when I am making space for new work on the studio wall. But the image haunts my psyche, and he is out again, mentoring every new work. Conceptually and aesthetically he embodies the central melody of my creative endeavor here on this footprint of land. A psychic contraposto of rest and effort, frustration and determination, vulnerability and strength. A thing imagined striving to touch a thing solid and real. Jacob is wrestling with the divine on a much larger scale. And a new sun's light cascades across the whole. #oilpainting #magicrealism #magicregionalism #surrealism #imaginativerealism #humanfigure #artistmodel #paperdoll #kite #postcontemporary #golem #homunculus #doll #anthropocene #offthegrid #permaculture #land #landscapepainting https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnNW6dnmrm/?igshid=1q2wq9w4jn8xu