Kim Do is a New York artist, focused on an observational,
painterly connection to the earth, water and sky. Trained in the modernist
tradition, Do incorporates abstract expressionism, interaction of color, figure
and ground exchange, and a keen awareness of space in his paintings.
His love for painting began at age three, inspired by
housepainters who had just finished his parents’ living
room, to crayon a huge orange circle on the
new white wall. Growing up, he was often making
things with his hands, repurposing carriage wheels and empty shoeboxes. For
Do, art is a process of bridging the gap between the interior self and the
exterior world. He enjoys the challenge of painting landscapes en plein air (outside).
“I enter into an altered awareness, circumventing the second-guessing of the
conscious mind. One enters into a flow state,
watching oneself paint a painting. Despite the physical challenge, the exigent
race against time, there is an effortless quality to the making.” In his
paintings, Do hopes the viewers will be transported into the scene,
feeling the breeze, the light, the time of day, and the weather.
Do paints with a full range of tones, taking the eye up, around,
and beyond the painted surface, searching for what is, and what could be. The
work has the freshness of being in nature.
With studios in New York City and the Catskill Mountains, combining technique
with nature, he often paints just 200 feet from the porch of his Catskill
Mountain home, where the West Kill and the Schoharie Creeks meet. “The
landscape evokes childhood memories of growing up near the East River in New
York City, as well as feelings about my family and living along these
ever-moving bodies of water.”
Born in New York City in 1954, he earned a BFA degree from SUNY Purchase and an
MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Kim Do teaches, and has been chair of
the Visual Art Department at Horace Mann School in the Bronx.
Do’s works are in many notable collections including headquarters of Citibank,
Japan Long Term Loan, American Express, and Reader’s Digest.
Contact: director@windhamfinearts.com or call 518-734-6850 for more information!