Kim Marcucci
born: Oregon 1957
As an abstract colorist, my work is about the paint; the process; the exploration; the color, and the interactions to create marks that are authentic and honest; inspired by nature, Alaskan adventures, life, relationships, travel, and by my Chickasaw heritage. My large scale canvases of bold brushwork, vibrant color and dramatic design are the culmination of a lifetime of creative vocation.
Sarah Gonzales, Alaska Home Magazine writes — “She fused reds, greens, blues, oranges, and yellow into fierce, abstract paintings that teem with exuberance— a word that describes both the artwork and the artist.”My ideas are expressed through the language of color, composition, form and texture.”
Art has always been a part of my creative family. My mother painted, one aunt danced in the NYC ballet, the other fluent in many languages, one triplet brother a writer, the other triplet brother a chef, and my grandmother fostered the arts in the whole family. My appreciation of art started at a young age growing up with the opera, live theater and ballet. During high school, I took a painting class and my work was disapproved of because it wasn’t “realistic,” which thwarted my interest for a while. After high school, I traveled to Canada and lived in a log cabin in the wilderness for almost a year. This sparked my interest in the “Last Frontier” and my move to Alaska in 1977. I didn’t pick up a brush again until I was in my thirties and chose painting over computers as my major in college. While raising my two children, I graduated in 1995 magna cum laude with a BFA in Painting and a Minor in Fiber from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. After exploring all the different genres, it was the challenges of abstraction that held my interest. I developed my style of layering during college, using combinations of acrylic, charcoal, oil, and collage materials enveloped in acrylic medium. My reputation for always being covered with paint from head to toe is a reflection of my uninhibited exuberance in painting! I am represented in Anchorage by Stephan’s Fine Art Gallery.