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KIM HOECHST
I have been an artist for over eighteen years. I built the foundation for my drawing and painting skills through extensive study at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. More recently, I have been engaged in ongoing individual study with Peter Van Dyck, a Philadelphia-based artist and teacher who was educated at The Florence Academy of Art in Italy. My critiques with Peter have strongly influenced my work and have guided me in my quest to keep evolving as a painter. For me, painting is an opportunity to transform fleeting visual experiences, perceptions and memories into something elevated, tangible and more permanent. I seek to express my sensory response to my surroundings and convey my point of view by organizing color relationships, form, light and shadow into an atmospheric and believable visual experience for the viewer. I find much of my inspiration in my immediate surroundings, striving to capture how light defines and transforms interior spaces; 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. I work almost exclusively in oils because I love the vibrancy, malleability and durability of this medium.
Maine Cottage Kitchen, Oil on Canvas
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