About the Author

Kim Cardoso is a visual artist interested in longing and communication. Originally from Baltimore, MD, she received her degree in art and psychology, then worked as a job coach for adults with mental illness and as a metalsmith, showing wearable sculpture in galleries along the Eastern seaboard. In the mid 1990s, she heeded an inexplicable calling and moved west to become a midwife. Taken by the landscape and people in the San Francisco Bay Area, she made California her new home. At an art retreat in 2013, Kim found encaustic medium. Her paintings have been exhibited across the U.S. and are collected internationally. In 2021, the International Encaustic Artists awarded her a grant to further her 1,000 Series about California's volcanic landscape. She lives with her family on an urban farm in Oakland, CA, paints at the Norton Factory Studios, and continues to work part time in community health.

You can view Kim’s work at kimcardosoart.com www.instagram.com/kimcardosoart/ www.facebook.com/ThreeStoryRanch

Spend a Whole Day Listening, Encaustic, tempera, graphite on wood, 46 x 36 in From the 1,000 Series that inspired the residency location… which inspired the work!