Weekend With The Masters—Art Courses

Kimberly Odekirk conducts Weekend With The Masters which are 2-day art courses where children learn about famous artists, hone their drawing, painting, and sculpting skills, and create famous works of art for themselves in a variety of media. Depending on the project, the artwork returns home professionally framed, mounted on marble, etc. These precious mementos are ready to be added to one’s own family gallery, or to pass along as a gift to a loved one. Kimberly Odekirk is an internationally acclaimed artist. She has practiced the highest academic standards for teaching Visual Arts as a former US High School, Visual Arts Teacher. Additionally, she has served as Art Department Head and Visual Arts Teacher at Cairo American College and Modern English School in Cairo, Egypt.

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Portrait Batiks

Kimberly Odekirk paints an heirloom, Batik portrait for Kareem and Mona. Batik is an extremely difficult process which involves multiple dyeing and waxing procedures. Few Batik artists can create realistic likenesses in this media. The portrait displays an Academic Study of Art, excellent skin tones, sensitive expressions, charming background, and attention to details. Wish to get a similar portrait painted for your family and loved ones? Head over to the contact section and drop Kimberly a message.

 
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The Caravan Festival 2013

Kimberly Odekirk showcases 2 fiberglass donkeys at the Caravan Festival of Arts 2013 among 45 of Egypt's most prominent, contemporary national and international artists. The challenge was to come together as artists of various ethnic and religious backgrounds, and through our strengths in art, bridge the commonalities of our diverse world. Kimberly's donkeys represent a grazing mother and child, blissfully and peacefully wandering through a field of abundant clover, which are shared and hopeful ideals for all living creatures. There is a secret identifier on the hips of each donkey, hidden within the clover through which they are passing. Can you see them?

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For two weeks, 90 donkeys were exhibited across Cairo at various venues, including hotels, art galleries and cultural and educational institutions before moving to Europe in public art exhibitions.

Some of the locations included: Four Seasons Hotel (First Residence and Nile Plaza), Kempinski Nile Hotel, Cairo Marriott Hotel, Sofitel El-Gezira. Picasso gallery, Mashrabia, Gallery Misr, Zamalek Art Gallery, ArtTalks, Al-Masar, Safarkhan, British Council, Community Services Association (Maadi), St John's Church, Cairo American College and American University in Cairo.

Kimberly Odekirk is a founding artist of the Caravan, which began five years ago with the motto to use art as a tool to nurture relationships between the East and West, Muslims, and Christians. Keeping with this year's theme, "In Peace and With Compassion ... The Way Forward," the donkey was chosen as a symbol of peace. In Christianity and Islam, Jesus and Omar Ibn El-Khattab rode donkeys into Jerusalem.

Pet Portraits

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Kimberly Odekirk paints "Molly and Sue in a Land Far, Far Away" oil on canvas. Cats have been praised in Egyptian culture from times immemorial. This piece of art attempts to capture that divinity and significance of these feline creatures by combining the past with the future through the Star Wars theme in the background.

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Kimberly Odekirk draws "Bill and Lucy" batik on canvas. She's a professional artist who works from images and portraits and focuses deeply on contrasts/lighting effects in her paintings. Bill and Lucy as pictured  in this piece of art, set a very warm tone to the batik whereas the mountains and trees in the background work as counteracting forces providing a distinct atmosphere to the artwork.

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Kimberly Odekirk decorates "Sugar and Sally" oil on canvas. Showcased with immense details, this piece of art sets a perfect example of contrasts and displays how opposite colors work in conjunction to form the whole. Have a pet you wish me to embellish on canvas, leave a message in the contact section and I will get back to your request at the earliest.

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Kimberly Odekirk Art News

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Kimberly Odekirk participates "In Peace and with Compassion", Caravan Festival of the Arts Exhibition that launched in Cairo, Egypt and went on to St Paul's Cathedral, London

Kimberly Odekirk at Caravan Festival of Arts 2012 event showcases her Back to the Future,Oil on Canvas painting.  The painting was a resemblance of moments that go unnoticed and have a deeper story to tell based on the viewer's interpretations. 

Kimberly Odekirk participates in Caravan Festival of the Arts 2011 and displays The Neighborhood Store, Oil on Canvas painting. The art piece was a lively representation of Eastern culture meeting the West, imbibed with holy symbolism, diverse communities and the bustle in a Cairo local market.

Kimberly Odekirk displays her One Journey, One World: Oil on Canvas painting at the Caravan Festival of the Arts 2010. The art piece embodied the idea of understanding commonalities present in human lives and promoting harmony through this knowledge. 

Kimberly Odekirk portrays her Peaceful Times and A Day of Prayer: Acrylic on Canvas at the Caravan Festival of the Arts 2009 event. Peaceful Times emphasized the idea of coming together of people to solve their differences immediately while, A Day of Prayer symbolized the role of religious institutions for bringing people together in difficult times.