Kim P Chesney

Mixed Media Encaustic

48" x 48"

Born with the name of Painter, Kim Painter Chesney was destined to become an artist.
With years of working, child-rearing and fund-raising for child-related nonprofit
organizations, there is no task too big for Kim to tackle. Her biggest joy to date is being a match for a bone marrow harvest, saving the life of a gentleman with leukemia. Kim's creative juices are always flowing, from developing a culinary arts program for impoverished kids to donating art to charities and designing and running fundraising
events that are wildly successful. Kim brings commitment, enthusiasm, and energy to everything to which she jumps on board.
As an artist, she has studied in several mediums, including oil, watercolor and graphite.
Currently, she is immersed in developing her own brand of encaustic painting, in which the works are both sculpted and painted. The encaustic process is an ancient hot wax technique known to have been used prior to 100 A.D. Using photographs of her travels
around the world, Kim mounts the image on boards, spreading a combination of hot beeswax and resin onto its surface. She then fires up her blow torch and fuses the wax to the image. Using sculpting tools to etch into the cooled surface and then covering this
with a colorful mix of oil pastel, creates a unique, rare piece of art.
She began showing her work in 2008 and has gained recognition and won awards forher paintings, which hang in a number of private collections. Her wok has been
featured in several local publications. Kim has studied with acclaimed
artists/instructors, including Marc Chatov, Jerry Fresia, Joe Paquet and James
Richards. She was introduced to encaustics by Donna Thomas, owner of The Art School in Sandy Springs.
In moving around the United States and abroad, including living in Tokyo, as well as her extensive travels, she has found art to be a valuable way to assimilate. "Art is a universal language that unites us," she says. That belief is directing her current work on a major series of encaustic paintings exploring and celebrating common humanity, drawn from
her experiences across six continents.
Kim can be reached at [email protected]