Raised in a log cabin in the woods, Kim Ferreira now lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a lovely little city by the sea. Since the birth of her daughter in 2017, she has created over three hundred paintings featuring an array of anthropomorphic woodland critters against a backdrop nodding to French rococo landscapes. Her work is inspired by simple pleasures and the exuberant enjoyment of life, what the French refer to as “joie de vivre.” Kim’s paintings are a celebration of the big and little things that make her world go round. She is also a venturous baker, a soy candle-maker, a dreamer, a cat lover, a not-so-neat freak, an old house dweller and do-it-yourselfer. She is obsessed with her garden and brakes for squirrels. Visit Kim’s website at kim-ferreira.com