Kim Collins
Kim is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer residing in Niagara. Captivated by our natural world, her colourful 2 and 3-dimensional pieces express joy and humour. Known for her inventive use of recycled content, Kim paints, collages and stitches together mixed materials to best emphasize aesthetic qualities.
For over a decade, Kim's design career has been in the sports industry, creating bicycle graphics and supporting marketing collateral. Check out the bike department at Canadian Tire to see her latest work.
Kim has a B. Des from York University/Sheridan College and a B. Ed (Visual Art) from Nipissing University. She has exhibited her work in group and juried shows in Thornbury, Collingwood, Haliburton, Waterloo, St. Catharines, Grimsby, Burlington, Mississauga and Toronto.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My work is the expression of my experiences and emotions, a collection of things I find amusing, beautiful, nostalgic, humorous or absurd. With one brush stroke or stitch, it's how I'm thinking, feeling and observing the world. The work is also about sustainability as I source recycled materials in the creation process. Inspiration stems from creative innovators like the late Jillian Owens, a.k.a the re-fashionista who transformed the most hideous thrift store finds into ready-wear fashion.
Kim is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer residing in Niagara. Captivated by our natural world, her colourful 2 and 3-dimensional pieces express joy and humour. Known for her inventive use of recycled content, Kim paints, collages and stitches together mixed materials to best emphasize aesthetic qualities.
For over a decade, Kim's design career has been in the sports industry, creating bicycle graphics and supporting marketing collateral. Check out the bike department at Canadian Tire to see her latest work.
Kim has a B. Des from York University/Sheridan College and a B. Ed (Visual Art) from Nipissing University. She has exhibited her work in group and juried shows in Thornbury, Collingwood, Haliburton, Waterloo, St. Catharines, Grimsby, Burlington, Mississauga and Toronto.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My work is the expression of my experiences and emotions, a collection of things I find amusing, beautiful, nostalgic, humorous or absurd. With one brush stroke or stitch, it's how I'm thinking, feeling and observing the world. The work is also about sustainability as I source recycled materials in the creation process. Inspiration stems from creative innovators like the late Jillian Owens, a.k.a the re-fashionista who transformed the most hideous thrift store finds into ready-wear fashion.
$960.00
Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
16x20x2"
Living by Lake Ontario, I've had to stop my car to give way to a family of Canadian geese to cross. I imagined this day to create this piece, only it's the first day of school, and ten little fuzzy yellow goslings are making their way toward the bus. Mother goose is ushering them along, while father goose looks out for traffic. Like children, some are ready, some are running, while others are nervous and frazzled, with their feathers everywhere.
$3,800.00
Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas.
30x40x2"
Inspired by an image I captured on a cross-country ski trip around my family's backfields in February of 2023. It was windy and the falling snow made visibility difficult in this white landscape. Moments of sun would illuminate the snow and cause shadows of varied hues of violet/grey. I used the fence rows, the rows of mature maple trees as waypoints to navigate.