Arctic Quest

In 2006, twenty-five artists marked the 100th anniversary of Amundsen’s 1906 navigation through the Northwest passage with a journey of their own.

Painting shown is part of the Vancouver Maritime Museum's permanent collection.

Kim Atkins

Artist's statement

Thoughts on climate change in the Arctic: I spoke at length to a visitor to our show in Toronto last month. A woman who had been to the Arctic about 14 years ago and had returned recently. She told me how shocked she had been to see the growth in vegetation. Places which had been rock covered and bare were covered with green and tiny plants were similar in size to plants we see in southern Canada.

Painting:
Looking West to Baffin Island
10" x 20"
Acrylic on Canvas

Biography

Kim Atkins A plein air painter working in watercolour. Kim also has a long time interest in printmaking and produces watercolour monoprints using an intaglio press. She earned a degree in art history in the USA and then lived and worked in England for a number of years before settling in Canada.

Her work is in private, public, and corporate collections in Toronto, Montreal and the USA. In 2002 Kim was part of an studio exchange of Canadian Printmakers to Holguin, Cuba.

Recent Exhibitions
• Engine Gallery, Toronto
• Gallery 1313, Toronto
• John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
• Taller de Grabado, Holguin, Cuba
• James Arts Centre, Norwell Massachusetts, USA
• Russell Sage College, Albany, New York, USA
• Circa Gallery, Toronto

Collections
• McGill University
• The Old City Hall, Toronto
• Childrens'Aid Society, Toronto

Arts Organizations
• Gallery 44
• Artists Network of Riverdale

Activities
• Board Member-The Artists Network of Riverdale
• Committee- The Riverdale Art Walk and The Little Art Show