Webside: http://stvkm.co/

 

'Steve Kim, fine artist, illustrator, and educator. Born in Seoul, Korea, he immigrated to the states at the age of two. He received his undergraduate degree from Art Center College of Design in 2006 and his masters from Claremont Graduate University in 2010. '

 

'Steve Kim paints scenes from his life in an attempt to transform visual experience. Using photographs of seemingly mundane events, Kim renders them almost unrecognizable by employing a skewed perspective, leaving large sections of canvas blank and morphing everyday events into something uncanny and unsettling.'

 

His works bring me the feeling that the combination of exciting and peaceful. I can see the passion through the high-key colours which he used. But at the same time, figures and compositions in his works show calmness. The colour which his used is different from the way that it usually be used in portrait. And these color make me think of magic, or a weird story that happens in dream.

 

Colours are also the key point of my paintings. I painting from photographs. But sometimes I like to change the colour a bit. Re- thinking a item is a chance to put my understanding into this objective thing. And High-key colours can make the painting vivid.