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| Claudia Kim, Ripple 108, Mixed media, 31.5 x 47" |
Living in a scenic area, Claudia Kim could see and experience the ocean and the mountains daily. She could sense and hear the surf and the wind. She always wondered what was beyond the sea. What kind of world was under the sea? What did it look like? What causes a ripple in the water? Those curiosities fueled the motivation for her paintings, Ripple, a depiction of conflict intermingling with harmony.
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| Claudia Kim, Ripple 103, Mixed media, 30 x 40" |
Using a process of attachment, Kim creates different layers of paint and materials. This repetitive process creates depth and abstract shapes in her paintings. The compositions may appear to be random, but each line, shape, and color is balanced against a corresponding one to form a tapestry whose expression is calibrated and intense. To her, beauty is not always harmonious shapes pieced together, but set against turbulent, uncertain backgrounds. Despite conflicting forces, her paintings show the ripples of life’s pain and struggles, and in turn, reveal life's hidden glory.
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| Claudia Kim, Ripple 1502, Mixed media, 45 x 60" |
Kim’s paintings help us to understand what it means to be an individual with all the trials, tribulations, sorrows, and successes. Her works invites us to explore and search our own souls. It reconciles despair with hope, doubt with faith, darkness with light, and grief with joy. Because life is precious, we must embrace the moments of peace and live life to its fullest each day.
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| Claudia Kim, Ripple 102, Mixed media, 28 x 28" |
Kim’s paintings present the ever changing and complex nature of life from childhood to adulthood. Despite the pain, grief, and heartache she has experienced in her life’s journey, her paintings have become her rhythm and language, sending forth a ripple of hope for all to experience.
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| Claudia Kim, Ripple 1029, Mixed media, 20 x 72" |
See the exhibition through Saturday, April 14th.
Beautiful work. Indeed a must see.
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