NOTE: All artwork is HAND-PAINTED, no transfers or collages of preprinted images.
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"Bee-loon"
Created: September, 2019 Media: Nova Color paints on fiberglass hot air balloon sculpture Size: 35 feet tall by 30 feet wide (3D) Location: Kaleidoscope Garden at Leila Arboretum, Battle Creek, MI Painter and design concept: Kimber Thompson |
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"Views from Koka City"
Created: Jan-Aug, 2019, unveiled September 16, 2019 Media: Exterior Latex House Paint on (6) MDO panels Size: 8 feet tall by 4 feet wide (each) Location: Peace Park, Marshall, MI Painter and design concept: Kimber Thompson |
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"Splash Rainbows" mural
Created: June, 2019 Media: Exterior Latex House Paint on block wall Size: 14 feet tall by 45 feet wide Location: Splash Pad, Heritage Park, Coldwater, MI Painter: Kimber Thompson Design is winner of local public vote, by: Morgan Miller |
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Cereal Mascot windows
Created: May, 2018 & 2019 Media: Acrylic Paint Size: each window is approximately 3 feet wide by 6 feet tall Location: Calhoun County Visitors Bureau and Cereal History Exhibit, 34 W Jackson Street, Suite 1A, Battle Creek, MI Lead Artist and design concept: Kimber Thompson, painted with the help of area high school students during 2 Youth Day of Caring events |
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"America The Beautiful" mural
Created: August-September, 2018 Media: Exterior Latex House Paint on block wall Size: 26 feet tall by 60 feet wide Location: VFW Post #4073, 800 E Michigan Ave, Marshall, MI (view from the parking lot to the rear of the building) Painter and design concept: Kimber Thompson |
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"Salute to the Military History of Battle Creek" painted for the 2018 Color the Creek mural event
Created: August 10-17, 2018 Media: Exterior Latex House Paint on brick wall Size: 31 feet tall by 21 feet wide Location: East wall of The Hair Shed, 70 E. Michigan Ave., downtown Battle Creek Painter and design concept: Kimber Thompson |
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"Portal to the Past"
Created: May-July 2018 Media: Exterior Latex House Paint on brick wall Size: (ave.) 14 feet tall by 45 feet wide Location: South of the Athens Historical Museum at 101 S. Capital Avenue, Athens, MI Painter: Kimber Thompson Design concept and original painting: Michael Peck Click to read more. |
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"Marshall Vintage Postcard"
Created: 2017 Media: Exterior Latex House Paint on brick wall and block fence Size: 26 feet tall by 58 feet wide (wall) 7.5 feet tall by 38 feet wide (fence) Location: Grand Street Park, Marshall, MI Painter and design concept: Kimber Thompson A salute to Marshall’s love of architecture and history! Click to read more. |
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"Kaleidoscope Garden"
Created: 2017 Media: Exterior latex house paint on wooden fence Size: 7 feet tall by 268 feet long Location: Leila Arboretum in Battle Creek, MI Painter and design concept, Kimber Thompson Painting started with the application of primer by 25 area high schoolers during the 2017 Youth Day of Caring at the beginning of May. Kimber then spent some time painting on the outlines of flowers that are native to Michigan, creating an "adult coloring book" look to the fence. Click to read more. |
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"Michigan ROCKS!" ArtPrize 2016
Created: 2016 Media: Liquitex acrylic paint on billboard vinyl Size: 6-feet high by 6-feet long When you stand in front of this piece, I hope you hear music! This artwork shows 30 musicians who were either born or raised in Michigan. All are shown in concert, Kimber wanted viewers to hear music while viewing the piece. Click to read more. |
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"Great Minds"
Created: 2016 Media: Acrylic on billboard vinyl Size: 10 feet tall x 13 feet wide Location: The Kingman Museum in Battle Creek, MI Painter and design concept, Kimber Thompson The Kingman Museum does an annual exhibit called "Great Minds" and they wanted a mural to go along with their artifacts. This mural depicts Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Leonardo da Vinci, and Madame Curie, along with some of their more famous quotes (all hand painted, no vinyl letters here!). Click to read more. |
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"Paul and Babe"
Created: 2016 Media: Both trees have been painted with exterior latex house paint, I believe the trees are oak Size: 13 foot tall Paul and 7 foot high Babe Location: Battle Creek's Fantasy Forest at Leila Arboretum, at 928 W. Michigan Avenue in Battle Creek, MI Painter and design concept, Kimber Thompson Click to read more. |
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"Mid-Century Flowers" mural
Created: 2016 Media: Latex paint on sound dampening panels Size: 6x42 Location: The Gathering Place/Burma Center in Battle Creek, MI Painter and design concept, Kimber Thompson Click to read more. |
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"RealiTV" ArtPrize 2015
Created: 2012-2015 Media: Liquitex acrylic paint on canvas Size: 5-1/2-feet high by 9-1/2-feet long The "flat screen TV" is completely painted on canvas (not a real television or collage) and is 5-1/2 feet tall by 9-1/2 feet long. Click to read more. |
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"Stained Glass Flower Delivery"
Created: 2015 Media: Exterior latex house paint on an old truck Location: Leila Arboretum on Michigan Avenue in Battle Creek, MI Artists: Lead Artist Kimber Thompson helped students from the Calhoun Community School with this project Click to read more. |
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"Phoenix Rising From The Ashes"
Created: 2015 Media: Exterior latex house painted flames on bottom portion with a welded metal armature bird that was spray painted and covered with feathers made from used billboard material Size: 16 feet tall Location: The Fantasy Forest at Leila Arboretum, on Michigan Avenue in Battle Creek, MI Artists: Painter and design concept, Kimber Thompson; Sculptor, Sabine LeDieu; and Welder, George Crandall Click to read more. |
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"Culture Bubbles" fence mural
Created: 2015 Media: Exterior latex house paint on wooden fence Size: 160-feet long by 6-feet tall Location: Woodlawn Preschool in Battle Creek, MI Painter and design concept, Kimber Thompson Click to read more. |
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"America" ArtPrize 2011
Created: 2010 Media: Liquitex acrylic paint, with Soluvar Varnish coats to protect against UV rays and rain, on MDO board Size: 8' x 20' (160 square feet) Over 1,000 hours of painting Painter and design concept, Kimber Thompson Location: Shown during ArtPrize 2010 at Huntington/50 Monroe (along the North edge of the BOB's parking lot) Current Location: 4015 Burkley Road, Williamston, MI - corner of Turner Road and Burkley Road. Click to read more. |
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"MHS Pool Mural"
Created: 2010-2011 Media: Acrylic paint and glass tile mosaic mural Size: 465-sq.ft., 16' h x 64' l with (2) 4'x8' glass tile mosaic panels Budget: $24,150.00 (from grants and contributions - this mural was a gift to the school system from EastEnd Studio & Gallery) Artists: Kimber Thompson, lead artist; Sabine LeDieu, project coordinator; and Sonia de la Torre, design concept and artist; with technical assistance from Lyndie Parrish and contributions from many community volunteers to paint the waves Location: The Marshall Community Pool at Marshall High School, Marshall, MI Click to read more. |
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"Downtown Life" Greenstreet Arts murals
Created: 2007 Media: Liquitex acrylic paints on MDO board Size: Five (5) 8' h x 4' w panels Budget: $12,128.00 (grant from the Calhoun County Arts & Industry Council Public Art Program, Marshall Rotary Foundation (fiduciary) Location: 115 W. Green Street, Marshall, MI until at least 2017 The five reproduction murals depicting "Downtown Life" include cropped sections of Renoir's "The Boulevards", Van Gogh's "Café Terrace at Night", Monet's "Boulevard des Capuchines", Caillebotte's "Street in Paris in the Rain" and Munch's "Four Girls on a Bridge". The impressionistic use of color changed the way art was created and viewed from their time until today, and beyond. Click to read more. |