Kami Mendlik - Surrender to the Process

Kami Mendlik - Surrender to the Process

From Artful Painter by Carl Olson

July 13, 2022 · 1h 12m · Episode 72

About this episode

Kami Mendlik discusses her journey as an artist, her passion for color, and her new book on creating the illusion of light in painting.

Kami Mendlik's exquisite landscape paintings shimmer and vibrate with animated light and color. Her life-long journey of curiosity and keen observation of the natural world began when she was a young child. The Minnesota farmland she grew up on was fertile not just for crops, but also for a young mind curious about the wonders of the land that was her home. She was entranced by the beauty of nature's rhythm and harmony and its myriad colors. Kami thinks of herself as a lifelong student. Each seeming advance of knowledge leads to more questions and a never-ending quest to answer them in her paintings. Her passion is the study of color. However, she does not keep what she learns to herself. Over the years she has taught well over 1,000 students a process to help achieve the illusion of light and vibration in their paintings. Over ten years in the making, she has codified the lessons she has learned about color in a new book titled: Color Relativity–Creating the Illusion of Light With Paint. This gorgeous new book is due to be released towards the end of the summer of 2022. In this episode, Kami reveals that she has struggled with dyslexia. However, the challenge of dyslexia did not…

People in this episode

Guest: Kami Mendlik

Topics covered

  • landscape painting
  • color theory
  • art education
  • dyslexia

Keywords

  • art book
  • Color Relativity
  • painting process
  • natural world

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Color Relativity

Books & works: Color Relativity–Creating the Illusion of Light With Paint, Color Relativity

Places: Minnesota

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