Paul Kinslow "Fall Color" Photography
Class November 29, 2009!

       Scottsdale artist Paul Kinslow enrolled as an Arizona State Parks volunteer in 2007 to share his talent for photography, subsequently teaching one of the most enthusiastically-reviewed camera skills workshops ever offered here at Boyce Thompson Arboretum, and he returns November 29, 2009 to lead another focussing on Fall Foliage. Read more about Arboretum Photo Workshops. During the month of December, 2008, the Arboretum showcased another side of this semi-retired artist's many talents -- his impressive range of paintings.

      Kinslow's photography has been exhibited in numerous venues and published in periodicals including Southwest Art, Gourmet, and Better Homes and Gardens. This exhibit marks the first time his paintings and photographs have been exhibited together.

      "I am, almost uncontrollably, driven to work in different ways -- call them styles If you wish. It has something to do with how I see things and translate them into images. For me, seeing is knowing and the search for knowledge drives my life."

      "In the current, regionally-weighted, gallery-based, sales- dependent art world, one's 'style' is one's brand. Hence, my inconsistent, peripatetic, not-always-artistically-successful approach causes penalties in recognition, promotional chaos and trouble in the sales gallery. Consequently, the opportunity to thoughtfully hang a cross-section of my work is rare and I appreciate it."

      "I have been painting for a very long time -- I can't remember when I began, I have no idea how many works I have completed, framed, shown, sold, given away or thrown away. Hundreds certainly -- maybe thousands."

       "For many years -- decades in fact -- I made my living solely with my art: a stand-up easel painter with a cluttered studio, cobalt blue in my hair and sleek women in well-appointed galleries paid to sell my work. Thankfully, this situation was repeatedly upset by a severe, chronic and with respect to career, suicidal wanderlust. In spite of this, I have been represented in galleries from Alaska to Florida and had one-man shows in Santa Fe, Aspen, Denver, Dallas and elsewhere."

       "Freed by a salable talent, I have been allowed to and sometimes, required to, be many things: a soldier, an illustrator, a wilderness guide, a teacher, an actor on stage and in television; a film location scout and art director, a published (read: paid) writer and photographer, a devoted mountaineer, an international boot and backpack vagabond and a dozen lesser incarnations... all inevitably related to or supported by the making of images. Wise or foolish, all this has made me a Journeyman. Whether or not I am an Artist is your call, not mine."

       Kinslow was born in 1936 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the foot of the Colorado Plateau; today he lives and works in Scottsdale. Prices for works in this exhibit ranged from $150 to $650.

      "I spent the years In between trying to find a finer, wilder place to live, to paint, to draw, and photograph. In the end, what I finally found was the road back to the Plateau. I hope someday to die up there on an icy ridge or at the head of some nameless desert canyon. Until then, I'll spend my time viewing this marvelous world through my beloved camera, learning all I can about it and painting it in whatever manner suits me at the time."

      "Now, just on the far side of 70, I still find myself painting. Throughout these years, I have, with no small sacrifice and effort, sought the ends of the earth. Here, below the sun colored cliffs and along the shadowed paths of Boyce Thompson's Arboretum, I have found some of those elusive ends. I suspect even more of them are nearby," said Kinslow.

         Boyce Thompson Arboretum is located near Highway 60 milepost #223, just three miles west of the town of Superior - a drive of about one hour east of Phoenix or two hours from Tucson. Pima County drivers should take Oracle Road North to Highway 79 past Florence to Highway 60, then East for another 12 miles. Monthly exhibits may be seen in our Visitor Center gallery daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from September-through-April. Summer hours during May/June/July/August are 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Arboretum is an Arizona State Park and daily admission must be paid to enter the Visitor Center where the gallery is found. Admission is $7.50 for adults and $3 for ages 5-12. Annual memberships at the Arboretum begin at $45, and include a year's access, guest passes for your friends and family, along with many other benefits. A membership may be purchased in the gift shop on the day of your visit. Review other recent gallery shows by ...

Maggie Leef November 2008
Sharon Sieben October 2008
Nicole Royse September 2008
Gila Community College Art July-August 2008
Judy Bottler Photography May 2008
Bob Estrin Photography April 2008
Mary Isham Watercolors March 2008
Susan Strom and Cathy Franklin Lightning Photography February, 2008
Arizona State Parks Plein Air Paintings January, 2008
Carolyn Gray & Connie Thomas December, 2007
Jean Sullivan November, 2007 Sue Cullumber October, 2007
Adriane Grimaldi September, 2007
Pima College print-making students July-August, 2007
Mesa Arts League June-July, 2007
Fred Charlton May, 2007
Paul Mudersbach March-April, 2007
Linda Kaiser February, 2007
Edith Kreueger-Nye December, 2006 - January, 2007
Cindy Carrillo October-November, 2006
Bob Rice September, 2006
Bud Heiss July-August, 2006
Mesa Arts League June-July, 2006
Sandy Tracey April-May, 2006
CJ Rider March, 2006
Jessica Green February, 2006
Steve Davidson January, 2006
Don & Carole Schupp December, 2005
Carolyn Gray November, 2005
Martha Burgess October, 2005
Boeing Photographers September, 2005
Lightning Lady Susan Strom July/August, 2005
Mesa Arts League June/July, 2005
Jeanette Bronson May, 2005
Tom Stanley April, 2005
Kathy McClure February-March, 2005
Pam Smyth January, 2005
Tina Faust December, 2004