Professional portrait artist and painter-printmaker Marina Kim. Commission fine art, buy original artworks online
Life and Art questions are the drives behind creative processes. Sometimes it feels that there are only questions, but where are the answers? This artwork was inspired by a friend artist, jewellery designer, spiritual seeker and a beautiful woman Jane Runchman. Some ten years ago, she posed for a series of photographs in my studio. […]
<img alt=”"Freedom" – Black and white picture of a chair in front of a doorway with curtains blown by the wind. Original print mezzotint by painter-printmaker Marina Kim” data-id=”557″ width=”663″ data-init-width=”1555″ height=”479″ data-init-height=”1124″ title=”print-mezzotint-freedom” loading=”lazy” src=”https://marinakimart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/print-mezzotint-freedom.jpg” data-width=”663″ data-height=”479″> “Eve” – mezzotint triptych This year I joined the East London Printmakers and am taking part in […]
Truly please to take part at the RA Summer Exhibition 2021 with the mezzotint portrait of the model Eve Delf titled “Unheard Melody”. Contrary to the name, the exhibition is running through the Autumn/Winter season. It is open now and until January 2, 2022. I hope you can make it there but if not, the […]
IPCNY Coursework Award The peculiar year of 2021, I spent reworking some old and making new mezzotint prints, and submitting work to national and international printmaking awards. One of the successes was with the International Printmaking Center New York (IPCNY). I was surprised, delighted and honoured to have my picture headlining the show, and to […]
“Orchid”​Mezzotint This little mezzotint print “Orchid” was selected for the 13th Miniprint Biennale at the Contemporary Center for Printmaking in Norwalk, Connecticut. The quality of the mezzotint method is perfect for conveying the play of light on the objects. In this instance, it is the light shining through the petals of the orchid flowers that […]
A friend of mine, Lesley Samms, sent me a link at the end of December to apply for the “Show Me The Monet” BBC series on art which I did. And forgot about it. Last week nice voice by the name of Nel phoned and we had a great chat – that was the second […]
I have finished working on a few plates, most of which are going to be exhibited at the Blackheath gallery in London starting from 11th of June as part of their Summer Show. Decided to experiment with adding colour to mezzotint. Got varied feedback. I am posting images with colour and without colour, and would […]
