Kimberly Beck is a fine artist who specializes
in painting birds. After graduating from the
University of Michigan with a degree in
English Literature, she studied drawing and
illustration at The California College of Arts
and Crafts in Oakland, California.

As an illustrator in the 80’s, she created bird-themed
products for The Nature Company and other print
companies that sold her work nationally. In 2008,
she changed her medium from watercolor and colored
pencil to oil, learning to paint from direct observation
at The Palette & Chisel Academy of Art in Chicago.

Her avian-themed paintings have been juried into
the prestigious international “Birds in Art” exhibition
at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum of Art,
Wausau, Wisconsin (2012-2016, 2018-20, 2022),
selected for the museum’s National Tours, and are
part of the Museum’s permanent collection.

Kimberly is a devoted bird-watcher and has recently
relocated her studio to the desert of Ivins, Utah from
the diverse ecosystems near the Indiana Dunes National Park.