Kim Rody is a native Floridian. Born in Hialeah and raised in Miami Shores, she has been swimming with fish for as long as she can remember. Kim became a divemaster in the late eighties, assisting hundreds of SCUBA students who have remarked 'she acts differently underwater'. |
She has degrees from Furman University and Texas A&M University. Since enrolling in her first painting class in high school, Kim has continued painting over the past two decades.
Kim Rody's studio digs in Stuart, Florida is where she brings fish to life with exciting color, texture and design. Living in South Florida not only provides fresh material and subjects for her paintings, but also allows easy commuting to the Caribbean Islands where there is a large demand for her work.
Kim Rody Artist Statement:
I decided to pursue painting fish, starting with small works on paper with acrylic, and, over a few years, working up to large, seven-foot canvases of sea turtles. For models, I take field trips to the local Dallas Aquariums, photograph my catch from spear fishing trips in Florida and the Caribbean, and scrounge deceased fish specimens from local fish stores, which they save for me in their freezers. Sometimes I buy whole fish from the local supermarket and stink up the studio for a few days while I paint them… dead fish are very good at keeping their pose.
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