Kim Douglas Wiggins

Kim Wiggins was raised on a ranch in southern New Mexico{{cite web | url = http://www.altermann.com/gallery/pages/a718y.htm | title = Altermann Galleries | accessdate = 30 July 2012 }} and began his art career sculpting miniatures of the wildlife around him.{{cite web | url = http://theautry.org/masters-of-the-american-west-2011/kim-wiggins | title = Masters of the American West | accessdate = 12 March 2011 }} In 1985 Wiggins was admitted as the youngest member of a national American impressionists society.{{cite web | url = http://www.altermann.com/gallery/pages/a718y.htm | title = Altermann Galleries | accessdate = 30 July 2012 }} His father, Walt Wiggins, was a noted writer and photojournalist who traveled the world on assignment for major magazines like Sports Illustrated, Argosy and Look.{{cite book | last = Wiggins | first = Walt | title = William Lumpkins, Pioneer Abstract Expressionist | publisher = Pintores Press| year = 1990 | isbn = 0-934116-10-5 }} Wiggins draws upon Postimpressionism, Expressionism, American Regionalism,{{cite book | last = Arthur | first = John | title = American Realism and Figurative Painting | publisher = Cline Fine Art |date=January 1994 | asin = B000B413M4 }} muralist folk art traditions, and it is this union that makes his paintings truly unique and unexpected.{{cite book | last = Rufe | first = Laurie | title = Kim Wiggins, Heritage of the West | publisher = Roswell Museum and Art Center News |date=July–September 2006 }} This collection of Wiggins's work is used as the backdrop for many of the backstage interviews at the Grammys which are held yearly at the Staples Center.{{cite web | url = http://www.hulu.com/watch/215743/access-hollywood-2011-grammy-awards-backstage-justin-bieber-leaves-empty-handed | title = Staple Center Interview with Justin Bieber | accessdate = 28 September 2011 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.hulu.com/watch/215744/access-hollywood-2011-grammy-awards-backstage-lady-antebellum-wins-big | title = Staple Center Interview Lady Antebellum | accessdate = 28 September 2011 }}

Wiggins's work is included in the books:

• Art of the American West{{cite book | last = Linscott | first = Caroline |author2=Julie Christiansen-Dull | title = Art of the American West | publisher = New Line Books |date=January 2003 | isbn = 1-57717-291-4 }}
• Art of the American West{{cite book | last = Linscott | first = Caroline |author2=Julie Christiansen-Dull | title = Art of the American West | publisher = New Line Books |date=March 1999 | isbn = 978-1-56496-473-1 }}
• Davenport's Art Reference & Price Guide 2009/2010 Edition{{cite book | last = Monet | first = Howard | title = Davenport's Art Reference & Price Guide 2009/2010 Edition | publisher = LTB Gordonsart, Inc. | year = 2008 | isbn = 1-933295-28-7 }}
• American Artists at Auction: The Franklin & James Decade Review 1991-2001{{cite book | last = Morris | first = J.M. | title = American Artists at Auction: The Franklin & James Decade Review 1991-2001 | publisher = Franklin & James Publishing | year = 2001 | asin = B000MAPOB8 }}
• Painters and the American West,{{cite book | last = Triccoli | first = Joan Carpenter | author2 = Marlene Chambers | author3 = Jane Comstockand | author4 = Sarah Anschutz Hunt | title = Painters and the American West | publisher = Denver Art Museum, Yale University Press | date = August 2000 | isbn = 978-0-300-08722-2 | url = https://archive.org/details/paintersamerican00troc }} Yale University Press
• K. Douglas Wiggins: A Sense of Place, A Sense of Spirit.{{cite book | last = D'Emilio | first = Sandra | title = K. Douglas Wiggins: A Sense of Place, A Sense of Spirit | publisher = Cline Fine Art Galler, Santa Fe, NM | year = 1993 }}
• Booth Western Art Museum (Works from the Permanent Collection){{cite book | last = Hopkins | first = Seth | title = Booth Western Art Museum | year = 2006 | isbn = 1-56944-344-0 }}
• The Trail of the Painted Ponies{{cite book | last = Barker | first = Rod | title = The Trail of the Painted Ponies | year = 2001 | publisher = Zon International Publishing | isbn = 978-0-939549-45-0 }}
• Leonard's Annual Price Index, Volume 15{{cite book | last = Theran | first = Susan | title = Leonard's Annual Price Index |date=January 1995 | publisher = Auction Index Inc. | isbn = 0-918819-15-6 }}
• Davenport's Art Reference & Price Guide, 13th Edition{{cite book | last = Moneta | first = Howard | title = Davenport's Art Reference & Price Guide |date=January 2003 | publisher = Ltb Gordonsart Inc. | isbn = 978-0-931036-44-6 }}
• Enchanted Lands – The Mission{{cite book | last = Moore | first = Mary & Stephen | title = Enchanted Lands – The Mission | year = 2006 | publisher = BookSurge, LLC }}
• Who's Who in the World (14th Edition), Marquis Who's Who{{cite book | last = Eckes | first = Kristin A. | title = Who's Who in the World (14th Edition) | year = 1997 | isbn = 0-8379-1117-6 }}
• Who's Who in American Art 1997/1998(22nd Edition), Marquis Who's Who{{cite book | title = Who's Who in American Art 1997/1998(22nd Edition) | year = 1997 | publisher = Reed Reference Publishing | isbn = 0-8379-6300-1 | url = https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica97-98newp }}

Wiggins has exhibited with:

• Other Side of the West
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
• National Society of American Impressionists
• Museum of New Mexico
• M. H. de Young Memorial Museum
• Denver Art Museum

Wiggins exhibits yearly at the Masters of the American West{{cite web | url = http://theautry.org/masters-of-the-american-west-2011/kim-wiggins | title = Masters of the American West | accessdate = 12 March 2011 }} show held at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles, CA. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of New Mexico, the Anschutz collection, Denver, CO; the Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA; and the Autry National Center,{{cite web | url = http://theautry.org/masters-of-the-american-west-2011/kim-wiggins | title = Autry National Center | accessdate = 12 March 2011 }} Los Angeles, CA. His work was recently included in Painters and the American West, an exhibition that traveled from the Denver Art Museum to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Joslyn Art Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago. He is also listed in the Artist's Bluebook{{cite web | url = http://www.askart.com/askart/help/askart_bluebook.aspx | title = Artist's Bluebook | accessdate = 12 March 2011 }} of 34,000 North American Artists.

Wiggins is represented by Manitou Galleries,{{cite web | url = http://manitougalleries.com/artists/Kim_Douglas_Wiggins | title = Manitou Galleries | accessdate = 12 March 2011 }} Santa Fe, New Mexico. Giclee reproductions of his unique work are available through Greenwich Workshop{{cite web | url = http://www.greenwichworkshop.com/studio/studio_artist.asp?artistid=264 | title = Greenwich Workshop | accessdate = 12 March 2011 }} dealers.

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• {{Official website|http://www.kimwiggins.com/}}
• [http://manitougalleries.com/artists/Kim_Douglas_Wiggins Manitou Galleries]
• [http://www.greenwichworkshop.com/studio/studio_artist.asp?artistid=264 Greenwich Workshop]
• [http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=100619 Askart.com on Kim Wiggins]

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