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KIMBERLY BECK ART
Kimberly Beck Wildlife Art
Accomplishments and Exhibits:
Birds in Art 2012-2016, 2018-2020, 2022-24
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
Paintings selected to Birds in Art National Tour 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024
Painting purchased for the Museum's Permanent Collection, 2020, 2022
Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition 2020, 2022 (selected to national tour), 2D Merit Award, 2023, 2025
Society of Animal Artists, "Animals of North America," Customs House Museum, May 2022
American Women Artists, Expanding Horizons Loveland Museum Exhibition, 2024,Awarded the Trachok Memorial Award
Spring Online Juried Exhibition, 2020-22, 2023 - Awarded First Prize in Associate with Distinction Category
Sears Invitational Exhibition, Sears Museum of Art, St. George Utah 2021-2024
Mountain Oyster Club Invitational Exhibition, 2020-24
Richeson 75
Animals, Birds and Wildlife Competition Finalist, 2014-2017, 2019, 2021, 2024
Awarded an Honorable Mention in 2016
International Figure and Portrait Competition Finalist, 2017
Still Life and Floral Competition Finalist, 2019
The Art of the Heartland 2015, 2016, 2018
Southwest Art Magazine
Award of Excellence in 2015,
Award of Merit in the Animal Category, 2018
The Laumeister Fine Art Competition 2015
Bennington Center for the Arts
Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition, 2021, 2023
Awarded the Animal Award of Excellence
Oil Painters of America National Exhibition 2015
Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition 2014, 2015
Oil Painters of America Salon Shows 2013, 2016
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) Online International Show, 2013
American Impressionist Society Small Works Showcase, 2018
About Kimberly Beck:
Kimberly grew up in Northern California in a bucolic, rural setting where Loggerhead Shrike and Western Meadowlarks kept me company on the walk home from school. Red-Tailed Hawks, Kestrels and Kites, Anna’s Hummingbirds and Burrowing Owls were abundant on my family’s ranch. Instead of an alarm clock, she woke in the early mornings to a chorus of birdsong. After college, she became fascinated with learning to draw and paint and set to work depicting the birds and animals she knew. Kimberly studied anatomy, drawing and illustration at the California College of Arts and Crafts, which prepared me to work as a nature illustrator. Years later, she painted figuratively and changed my medium to oil while studying at the historic Palette & Chisel Academy of Art in Chicago. She eventually returned to painting the natural world, especially birds and their habitats because they fascinate me. Today, she spends hours each week outdoors observing birds and wildlife, taking photos, making sketches, and recording color information for reference in the studio. Concepts for her paintings emerge from these personal experiences in nature. Kimberly is personally renewed daily by her experiences in nature. "I hope you can feel my passion for the beautiful creatures with whom we share our world and that you are inspired to do what you can to protect their habitats and ensure their presence for generations to come."
