Kim Barry, Biography

Kim Barry is an award-winning painter, potter, sculptor, and art educator. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Sculpture and from University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth with an MFA in Painting. Kim has lived in the south coast of Massachusetts most of her life. Ms. Barry is a member of Hatch Street Studios in New Bedford, a signature Member of National Association of Women Artists NAWA and Massachusetts NAWA Branch, a member of TAG “The Art Gallery” Boston, an exhibiting and teaching member at the Providence Art Club, member of South Coast Artists, Westport Art Group, Marion Art Center, and owner of Clay Trout Pottery in Mattapoisett. https://www.kimbarrypainting.com/contact

Ms. Barry states. 

My pockets are always full of shells and the bits I discover along my walks. Through deep observation and my intimate response to the natural world,  I find a bounty of inspiration for my paintings. My subject matter such as fruits, flowers, veggies, shells can often reference the human form, gesture, memory, emotion, sensuality. My landscapes simply capture the energy of a time and place. When I work from the natural world, I ingest this experience and then synthesize it into my own expression. My use of paint is visceral. I have an appetite for color and enjoy the manipulation of paint that grabs the eye and stirs the unconscious.