Kim Graham

Kim Graham

Mixed Media [Birmingham, AL]

www.kimgrahamart.com

I was born on the Fourth of July and was raised in the Boll Weevil Capital of the World, Enterprise,  Alabama. I started out as a small child, drawing flies on the wall. From that defining moment to today, painting and creating art has always been something I have enjoyed.

Porky Pined Coyotee is a whimsy character that is a theme through out some of my work -

How did Porky Pined Coyotee come about?......

One day I was taking a walk in a pine groove in Enterprise, Alabama. The deep green smell of the trees and my idle plucking of pine needles from low hanging branches suddenly sent me back to childhood, when I use to gather pine needles and stick them in my clothes, pretending to be a porcupine. Just as quickly, I was jolted back to adulthood by a noise in the trees. I saw what I thought was a pair of coyotes watching impassively as I unconsciously pushed needles though my shirt. Odd I thought to myself, coyotes are not common in this area at all. This peculiar moment gave me such an eerie feeling that I picked a handful of pine needles, shook them at the coyotes, and christened them my “porky pined coyotes”.

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Kim attended Auburn University and graduated with a degree in a bachelor of fine arts and currently works as an art director for an ad agency, Means Advertising, in Birmingham, Alabama. She lives at home with her husband Matt who is a carpenter and has 2 dogs - Aubie and Belle Vie.