What fun to answer questions that aren’t solely focused on my art.
Thank you to Columbia City Gallery!!
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🤩 Artist Spotlight: Eliaichi Kimaro has been with Columbia City Gallery for 7yrs. Her newest work can be seen in our “Sanctuary” exhibit thru 1/7.
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Favorite Seattle neighborhood
• Columbia City, Seward Park ~ happy to love where I live.
Favorite Seattle restaurant & menu item
• El Kiosko’s carnitas burritos, Marination’s spicy pork kimchi fried rice, Chucks Hop Shop’s fries, Hey Day’s pesto bacon toast, King Donuts’ chocolate old fashioned.
Favorite Seattle park
• Seward Park
Favorite style of house
• Craftsman
Favorite movie theater
• I love(d) Seattle’s Landmark theaters ~ esp. Harvard Exit, Egyptian, Seven Gables
Who would play you in the movie of your life?
• Octavia Spencer could pull off my blend of funny + earnest.
What’s your go-to comfort food?
• Bibimbap, waffles.
Where’s the coolest place you traveled?
• Gombe National Park ~ Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee reserve. Met her son, sat in the house she built with her mom in the 70s and talked with her fellow researcher for several hours. And spent whole days observing and walking amongst chimps in the wild.
Favorite karaoke song
• Faithfully, Killing Me Softly, The Jeffersons theme song
What’s your best Halloween costume?
• Morpheus (The Matrix)
What’s the last TV show you binge-watched?
• Reservation Dogs, The Bear
What TV shows are you watching right now?
• Beckham, Please Like Me, Bad Sisters
What movie could you quote by heart?
• Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, the original Star Wars
What’s the best advice you ever received?
• Live within your means.
What’s the worst advice you ever received?
• No one will care about your family documentary (“A Lot Like You”) because there’s no one famous in it. I made it anyway…and they were wrong.
Most creative time of day?
• Morning.
Favorite artists?
• Diebenkorn, Klee, Miro, Kline, Richter.
Favorite color palette/color combo?
• Blue & orange.
What’s your favorite medium, and why?
• Cold wax medium mattes the glossiness of my oil paints and allows me to do cool things with textures & layering.
Has your art practice help you in other areas of your life?
• I’ve become clearer about my Yes’s & No’s. In art and in life, I’m more decisive and have learned to trust my gut.
How do you define success as an artist?
• Making art that speaks to my soul & brings me joy ~ and that connects viewers to a part of themselves that’s beyond the reach of words.
