Raised in a log cabin in the woods, Kim Ferreira now lives in Portsmouth, NH, a lovely little city by the sea. Her winding path as an artist began with a B.F.A. from the University of New Hampshire. Soon after, she opened an art gallery which she owned and operated for ten years. After becoming a mother in 2017, Kim’s focus in painting shifted from quirky self-portraits to anthropomorphic woodland animals against a backdrop nodding to french rococo landscapes. Her work is inspired by simple pleasures and the exuberant enjoyment of life, what the French refer to as “joie de vivre”. She is also a venturous baker, a soy candle-maker, a dreamer, a brown-eyed girl, a cat lover, a pisces, a not-so-neat freak, and a do-it-yourself-er. She is obsessed with her garden and brakes for squirrels.
About this collection:
Title: La Mer
This new body of work is a personal celebration of the ocean. The briny deep. The open sea. The azure abyss. The imagery is inspired by the feelings It evokes - fear, wonder, clarity, joy, hope. As always, my work is also strongly influenced by my own childhood memories and the ones I strive to create for my own children.
It is my hope that these oil paintings will spark the young spirit within us all, an inner feeling of delight and awe in the infinite possibilities of imagination.
“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” - Jean Jacques Rousseau
