Kim VanDerHoek
Orange, California
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Kim VanDerHoek is an American contemporary fine artist who creates vibrant oil paintings featuring landscape and urban scenes that are imbued with her signature texture. She works out of her studio in Southern California.

Born in California and raised in the mountains of Big Bear City, Kim spent many hours as a child climbing trees, sledding down snow-covered hills, horseback riding and hiking through the woods. Surrounded by the wild beauty of the forest Kim developed an early appreciation for the outdoors and a fascination for urban environments, which she continues to explore today through painting.

After graduating in 1993 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration from the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California, Kim worked as a graphic designer for 11 years. She left the design field to pursue a career as a full-time painter.