JIM KEIFER
As a young boy, Jim Keifer’s first art projects were designing, tweaking, and improvising riffs off his childhood board games. He discovered painting in high school and graduated with a fine arts degree from Notre Dame. He then immediately embarked upon a long and successful career in...
Games. In fact, Jim has designed games for some of the nation's most famous game companies, and holds 15 game-related patents. But every advancement up the management ladder pushed him further away from the "art of the game" that had inspired him. Eventually, he combined his two loves by going back to…
Painting. And that's what inspired the new Monopoly, The Art! series.
"I'm amazed at the power that the imagery of the game has on people", he says. "[They] want to be the top hat, or they have a favorite piece of property. I want people to re-live these [memories], and to have fun with them."
Monopoly is just the beginning. Soon you’ll be able to discover "Scrabble, The Art!" and many more original works to come from this prolific, creative talent.
Then, you won't be able to stop yourself... you'll be asking your favorite gallery "Do you have the new Jim Keifer?"
As a young boy, Jim Keifer’s first art projects were designing, tweaking, and improvising riffs off his childhood board games. He discovered painting in high school and graduated with a fine arts degree from Notre Dame. He then immediately embarked upon a long and successful career in...
Games. In fact, Jim has designed games for some of the nation's most famous game companies, and holds 15 game-related patents. But every advancement up the management ladder pushed him further away from the "art of the game" that had inspired him. Eventually, he combined his two loves by going back to…
Painting. And that's what inspired the new Monopoly, The Art! series.
"I'm amazed at the power that the imagery of the game has on people", he says. "[They] want to be the top hat, or they have a favorite piece of property. I want people to re-live these [memories], and to have fun with them."
Monopoly is just the beginning. Soon you’ll be able to discover "Scrabble, The Art!" and many more original works to come from this prolific, creative talent.
Then, you won't be able to stop yourself... you'll be asking your favorite gallery "Do you have the new Jim Keifer?"