Kimmie worked in the dental profession for almost 45 years and has been retired for two years. Art has always been in her DNA. She also enjoys sewing garments for her family and friends and absolutely loves creating something from nothing! Kimmie
also embraced a 35-year evolving project of restoring an 1886 historic church as her family home.
 

In addition to her new found love of oil painting, Kimmie has also been painting whimsical pieces in acrylic on both canvas and dimensional wood for more than thirty years. She taught “Tole Painting” classes for most of the 90’s and early 2000’s, selling much of her artwork at local bazaars, festivals and fairs.
 

She has been taking oil portrait classes since 2020 and has fallen in love with the oil painting medium for its flexibility to create realism. To date, she has painted portraits of all her grandchildren, her pets and several commissioned pieces. She enjoys painting numerous facial study pieces, still life subjects and landscapes. Kimmie is serious about her art. Her goal is to keep having fun and hopefully achieve that sometimes illusive perfection.