LEFT, “Heron Preening at Carpinteria Creek,” 11x14, oil linen, private collection.


BELOW, Kim Snyder in her studio. The artist is the mother of two adult sons, Matt and Doug, mother-in-law to Christie, and grandmother to Ayden.


Her past design worked focused on fabric designs for both local boutiques and large, well-known com- panies like Barney’s New York, for which Snyder’s work landed on stylish handbags. “That was great, I’m pretty proud of that too, but it wasn’t my own work,” she says.


Now on a good day, Snyder says, she’ll get absorbed into paintings until her husband, Tedd, comes home from work. “It’s like reading a good book and not be- ing able to put it down,” she says of working. Her boys—not so much boys anymore—aged 23 and 26, have left for college and the Marines, leaving


Snyder, now the mature artist with a refined tech- nique, ample time to run with new ideas. She has worked professionally as an artist for 30 years and can’t remember when art has not been a primary part of her life. Her mother encouraged and taught her, bringing Snyder to art museums and teaching her technique. Snyder built upon that early influence at both SBCC and in the UCSB extension program in the 1970s and 1980s. She’s been an integral part of Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment, Santa Barbara Arts Association, and Carpinteria Valley Arts Council. ¢


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