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J. Kim Sessums: Gallery of Images
Sculpture: Bronze
“There we sat, a country boy from Pennsylvania and one from Mississippi, discussing Edward Hopper and Thomas Eakins; the history of American art at its best. No big deal, I suppose, except that one of us was Andrew Wyeth, himself an integral part of that same history.”
-J.Kim Sessums
from the artist’s journal
"All good art should moves us to a place deeper than the surface of our own existence, revealing the human experience and prompting us to discover how deep our own emotions go. - J.Kim Sessums from the artist’s journal
Installations public art + bronze sculpture
“When Dr. Graham shuffled into his log cabin kitchen, there I was at my sculpture stand. He did not seem so much surprised as intrigued. He stood looking at his own distinctive face in clay looking back at him. It was a nice moment..” - J.Kim Sessums from the artist’s journal
Mixed Media. Etchings.
Pastels/Drawing.
J. Kim Sessums realized he need not search for his own style. After a lifetime spent exploring his creative impulses, it found him. By age 6, he had survived the separate deaths of both parents and continued his childhood at his grandparents home on a rural Mississippi backroad. Overcoming boredom and loneliness in a small town, his imagination led to an unexpected joy of studying the character and form of those around him. Whether black, white, old, young, city folk or country their every nuance was committed to memory, recorded in written journals and then turned into visual art.
portraits: pastel / graphite / etching
see more and read more via the artist's website: www.jkimsessums.com
contact The Lola Agency if you're interested in any of the artist's works or commissions for portratis or public installations.