The focus of Kim’s life is to create powerful, striking paintings which invoke a yearning for the best of what God’s creation offers.
Kim Hill was born and raised in rural New England. She began studying with Sidney F. Willis, a Boston School artist, at age 16. This experience set in stone her desire to pursue and develop her lifetime love of painting.
Kim Hill’s work is fresh and colorful. Each painting has its own life and story which draws the viewer in. The rose capital of America, Tyler, Texas, is where Kim lives and works from her studio. Her achievements in painting still life, landscape and portraiture reflect her passion for capturing life’s everyday moments!
“With every painting, I want to provide a window to the world that I see. As you live with the painting, I strive for you to not only enjoy the image, but to also feel the emotion and atmosphere it embodies. What stirs within you is as important to me as everything you see. If I am able to evoke a positive emotional response in you, I feel that I’ve succeeded.”
Her formal education includes study at the Paier School of Art (Hamden, CT.), the American Academy of Art (Chicago, IL.), and the Atelier (Minneapolis, MN.).
Kim is equally gifted in working with oil, pastel, acrylic and graphite. She currently has membership in the Oil Painters of America, American Women Artists, and signature membership in Pastel Society of the Southwest.
Recent awards & involvement at national and international competitions include:
2014 ~ Oil Painters of America 23rd Annual Show, Bennington, VT.;
2013 ~ Oil Painters of America 22nd Annual Show, Fredericksburg, TX;
2013 ~ American Women Artists National Competition, Fredericksburg, TX;
2013 ~ National Oil & Acrylic Painter’s Society, Award of Excellence
2013 ~ Mary Clayton Memorial, Best of Show – Pastel Society of Southwest
2013 ~ Bold Brush, Best of Show
2012 ~ Pastel Society of the Southwest, Third Place
2011 ~ Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery – Honorable Mention for Artistic
Excellence and Jury’s Top 50 award.
In February, 2014, Kim was asked to judge the Bold Brush Competition. This past year Kim’s work was shown in Oil Painters of America national competition, as well as the American Women Artists national competition.
Kim’s 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 has been a member of the Pastel Society of the Southwest, the Outdoor Oil Painters’ Society and the Portrait Society of America. She currently holds membership in the Oil Painters of America and Women Artists of The West.
Kim’s work has been recognized in the following national and international shows:
April, 2011 ~ Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Honorable Mention for Artistic Excellence & Jury’s Top 50 award
May, 2010 ~ Fine Art Views Painting Competition, Top 15%
October, 2009 – Bold Brush Painting Competition Finalist, Oils
September, 2009 – Bold Brush Competition Finalist, Acrylic
Salon International’s 2002-2008 International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, earning the Top 40 distinction in 2003 & 2008;
2007 North American Miniature Show, Top 40, Greenwich, Connecticut;
2006 Bosque Conservatory National Art Competition, Clifton, Texas , CAP (Purchase) Award; Gold Medal Award – Other Media.
Kim has also been chosen to show her paintings in national competitions including:
2011, 26th Annual Bosque Art Classic, Clifton, Texas;
2010, 25th Annual Bosque Art Classic, Clifton, Texas;
2010, Oil Painters of America Western Regional Juried Exhibition, Jackson Hole, Wyoming;
2008, Women Artists of The West, Saks Gallery, Denver, Colorado;
2008, North American Miniature Show, Greenwich, Connecticut;
2005, Texas & Neighbors’ Art Exhibition, Irving, Texas;
2002, 2004, 2006- 2008 Bosque Conservatory National Art Competition, Clifton, Texas;
2003, Oil Painters of America Midwest Regional Show, Chicago, Illinois.
