Shown is some of Kim Lanoue’s artwork. Photo provided by Darla McCammon.

By Darla McCammon and Darlene Romano
Art In Action Weekly Column

WARSAW — We are excited to announce that local artist Kim Lanoue is the next exhibitor at the Warsaw City Hall Art Gallery! She will be showing her artwork starting on Thursday, March 30, and will be exhibiting through the end of June.

Lanoue currently lives in Fort Wayne, but hails from the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. She retired from nursing in 2020, but her first love and passion have always been art, especially oil painting. She started out experimenting with acrylic paints but as time went on, felt drawn to oil paints.

She has always been captivated by the Impasto technique, where paint is laid on an area of the surface thickly, usually thick enough that the brush strokes are visible. When dry, the Impasto technique provides texture; the paint appears to be coming out of the canvas. You will see the Impasto technique used on some of her artwork.

Lanoue is a member of the Fort Wayne Artists Guild, which promotes interest in the fine arts, furthers members artistic knowledge, and encourages fellowship among members of the Guild and the art community at large. In late summer of 2020, Lanoue entered into the city’s Kekionga Plein Air Event where plein artists gather to paint, exhibit and compete for over $10,000 in awards and prizes.

After experiencing the event, Lanoue became passionate about plein air art and continues to participate in the Plein Air Event yearly. Her paintings are on display throughout Fort Wayne in businesses, government buildings, churches and nursing homes.

Landscapes have always been Lanoue’s first love, but she also enjoys painting still life, pet portraits and farm animals and paints in oils and pastels. She looks forward to sunny mornings and evenings when she can paint outside and capture the brilliant light and shadows visible in nature.

Creating art in the outdoors brings Lanoue a peaceful feeling and being outside painting fills her with energy and inspiration. Her goal is to captivate her viewers and enable them to envision the beauty surrounding them.

Lanoue’s charming artwork is available for viewing and purchase at the Warsaw City Hall Art Gallery beginning on Thursday, March 30, lcated at 102 S. Buffalo St., Warsaw. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily and admission is free.

For more information, contact (574) 372-9595.