Kim Wiggins has spent the past 18 months preparing for an upcoming one-man show at Legacy Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, in November. He’s completed 25 new works, including an eightby-six-foot centerpiece that took him almost four months to finish.
Preparing for this major solo show has given Wiggins reason to reflect back on the first show he ever participated in. It was 1983, and he had recently been invited to join the Society of American Impressionists. Twenty-five at the time, he was the youngest artist in the group.
Wiggins was delighted to attend the society’s annual show in St. Louis, Missouri, that year. He was even more delighted when he walked into the enormous exhibit hall and immediately saw one of his paintings displayed on a wall across the room.
Read the full article in the November/December 2024 issue.
On a Santa Fe Night
Oil
48″ by 60″
Fall in Rio Arriba
Oil
36″ by 48″
