bio.

​Kim Champion is a native Californian, born in the Bay Area. She is a recent graduate of Cal State East Bay University with Bachelor of Arts in Traditional Studio Art.
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artist statement.

Experimenting with color, shapes, textures, line placement, and shading can keep me intrigued for hours.  I love Integrating identifiable patterns from nature and manipulating them to a version of how I see them. My spontaneous movement and imagination allow me to capture these organic elements and create an unusual hybrid of unsettling appeal.
 
I am inspired by American artists Georgia O’Keefe and Norman Lewis and their use of lines, shapes and color to create a beautiful story.  I use my interpretation of those elements as a reference for my work.

​ My method can be impulsive and tedious, but the quote by artist Jasper Johns sums up my feelings about this series and informs my process. 

“Sometimes I see it and then paint it.  Other times I paint it then I see it' 
​                                                                                                    - Jasper Johns