The stories of my clients give me a double joy in painting. Here are some of them!
A prominent businessman in my area wanted a painting of poppies for his wife's birthday. He had given her poppies for many year because they are her favorite flower. As his health declined, though, he commissioned a landscape so that she would always have poppies for her birthday!
I have also been able to bring comfort to the grieving. Many times when a death is sudden, the painted image helps to provide closure. It has become a way to keep memories of their loved one alive.
Portraits can also celebrate our most special relationships. Several clients have had portraits from their wedding day. A grandmother had me paint her 12-year-old grand-daughter in a wedding gown because that was this young Down's syndrome child's greatest dream.
Kim Hill's work is fresh and colorful. Each painting has its own life and story which draws the viewer in. Her formal art education includes study at the Paier School of Art (Hamden, CT.), the American Academy of Art (Chicago, IL.), and the Atelier (Minneapolis, MN.). In recent years, Kim has also done en plein air studies with the Outdoor Landscape Painters' Society.
Kim currently holds membership in the Oil Painters of America, Pastel Soceity of the Southwest and America Women Artist. She has been a member of the Outdoor Oil Painters' Society, the Portrait Society of America and Women Artists of the West..
Kim's work has received awards in the following national and international shows:
2013 ~ National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society on-line show, Award of Excellence;
2012 ~ Pastel Society of the Southwest, 3rd Place;
2012 ~ Palette of Roses, Best of Show, Tyler, TX;
2012 ~ Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, 21 Annual Juried Art Show Fine Arts Center Award;
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