For Kim, painting is an opportunity to transform fleeting visual experiences, perceptions and memories into something elevated, tangible and more permanent. By organizing color relationships, form, light and shadow into an atmospheric and believable visual experience for the viewer, she seeks to convey her point of view and express a sensory response to her surroundings. Kim is inspired by striving to capture how light defines and transforms interior spaces, architecture and landscapes; how it pours through windows and illuminates the views outside them; and how it adds interest or brings drama
to everyday objects composed to create an engaging still life. Kim has been an artist for over eighteen years. She built the foundation of her skills through extensive study at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. More recently, she has been engaged in individual critiques with Peter Van Dyck, a Philadelphia-based artist and teacher
who was educated at The Florence Academy of Art in Italy. Her work with Peter has guided her in her quest to embrace contemporary painting practices and continue to evolve as a painter. She paints mostly in oils, because she loves their vibrancy, malleability and durability.