Kim trained as a wildlife illustrator at Dyfed School of Art, West Wales, in the 1980s and combines book illustration with painting wildlife, bird and animal subjects for galleries, exhibitions and to commission. She has illustrated a huge variety of creatures from Stag Beetles to dinosaurs. From childhood Kim was fascinated by nature and animals and drew and painted fanatically. A love of books and the artists who illustrated them had an early influence on her future painting style. Studying Natural History illustration in the heart of the Welsh countryside reinforced Kim’s love of nature and helped to shape the evolution of her work as a wildlife and animal artist.