Yun Kim is the featured artist at the Fairfield Bay Library, sponsored by the North Central Arkansas Artists League in conjunction with the library and will showcase her work May 26 through August 2015.
Library patrons may view the exhibition through August 2015 during regular hours:
To purchase a painting, call Joan Bland, NCAAL Exhibition Coordinator at 785-979-5193.
“I began painting in the third grade. In high school and college, I studied everything from drawing to sculpture, so I am willing to use any medium.” Yun Kim, who prefers to be called Kim, studied art as her major in high school and on through the university in South Korea.
“I came from South Korea to New Jersey in 1988, opened and managed several businesses, and then met and married my husband Bobby. We moved to Arkansas in 2008 because he was born here,” says Kim. “I joined the Mountain View Art Guild in 2009, after 40 years of not making any art. I haven’t stopped since. I try to take workshops whenever they are offered. I learn techniques from the teachers, while getting opinions from my classmates. My art friends and I also paint together every Friday at the Painting Place studio.”
“I often paint at home while listening to music. It helps to soothe my soul,” she says. “I take photos outdoors to serve as inspiration for paintings but I paint indoors, out of the sun and wind, thank you. Oil, water color, acrylic, or pastel, I like them all. As for subjects, I paint whatever I think is beautiful, and there is much that is beautiful in the Ozarks.”
In competitions she has won many awards, including Best of Show at the Spring River Art Competition, various ribbons at shows in Mountain Home, and the Arkansas Heritage Art Show. In Mountain View, her work is on display at the Ozark Folk Center Art Cabin, a showcase for fine art of Ozark artists.
When asked about goals, Kim’s humor shines through. “I might be too old to have goals! Just enjoy what you are doing!”