Kim lives on the westernmost tip of Pen Llŷn which provides the subject for her work. Since her childhood on Ynys Enlli and then in Cornwall, and the encouragement of her family whose interest in natural history has been a constant inspiration, Kim has been fascinated by birds in particular.
Kim Atkinson is currently exhibiting in a joint exhibition with Noëlle Griffiths entitled 'Moss Garden' - details below.
MOSS GARDEN an exhibition of folios, paintings and prints which explore the Celtic Rainforests of North Wales and the Sub-Antarctic Forest of South Chile. (until December 24, 2024)
"Since 2010 we have met each season on the headland of Pen Llŷn and woodland of Eryri to witness and record through drawing, painting and writing our experiences of being in nature. We made our first collaborative artists' book 'Bird Song' in response to the sounds we heard, and a later collaborative book 'Moss Garden' responding to music by Bowie and Eno with the same title. Making this book became the starting point for this exhibition."
Moss Garden - Eryri Rainforest. An edition of five unique folios of paintings, relief prints and digital bi-lingual text of selected mosses and liverworts found in Ceunant Llennyrch near Maentwrog, Eryri. In each season we made paintings of place, sound and habitat in the woodland and later in our studios we made microscope paintings responding to the mosses and liverworts (bryophytes) collected.
With related paintings on canvas and paper: we selected microscope paintings made by the other for each season. Using each as a starting point, we made paintings which depart from the observational depictions of bryophytes.
Hafod Woodland - Eryri Rainforest. Two unique folios of paintings and digital bi-lingual text which record, over two years, the changes to woodland as it is thinned, and animals are introduced to create a more diverse woodland pasture. We painted small samples of plants from each habitat and season under the microscope.
With selected paintings made at Hafod in each season and artist's books and prints.
Isla Navarino - Sub-Antarctic Forest. An edition of four folios of paintings with digital text in English, Welsh, Spanish and Yahgan made during our residency at the Cape Horn International Centre, Chile. We spent time walking, painting, drawing and making notes as a response to Sea, Forest, Water and the Plants and Birds that inhabit them on this remote island.
Isla Navarino Dreaming : a series of twelve paintings and artist's books.
Mynydd Tir-y-cwmwd and Y Winllan collaborative relief print panels, paintings and artists' books inspired by the woodland and headland close to Plas Glyn y Weddw.
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