Colonial Girl

The artwork depicts a young girl standing in a sunlit field, dressed in a flowing white dress that captures and reflects the warm sunlight. Her posture, with one hand on her hip and her head turned slightly downward, conveys a quiet moment of contemplation or introspection. The background is rendered in soft, impressionistic strokes of green and yellow, suggesting a natural, pastoral setting that gently frames the figure without distracting from her presence. The artist’s use of light is particularly striking, illuminating the dress and creating a beautiful contrast between the warmth of the light and the cooler shadows, enhancing the three-dimensionality of the figure.

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Biography

Richard Kimball Jolley, American oil painter, b. 1954 –

R.K. Jolley graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Fine Art, and has been painting professionally for 38 years.

Jolley has a strong attraction to rich, tonal color, expressed in a variety of
styles, particularly, realism, tonalism, and impressionism.

He paints a wide range of subjects including, landscape, figurative, wildlife,
birds, and an occasional non-representative work.

His paintings can be found in collections throughout the United States and
abroad.

Artist’s Statement

What inspires me are, those fleeting moments of patterns of light.

I believe I am mainly influenced by tonalism and impressionism. For the most part, what concerns me the most when creating a work of art is, good color, believable light quality, and making strong, interesting value proportions. I apply these principles to all my subjects, whether they are realistic portrayals or non-representative works.