Kim Hagans
ASA's Featured Artist, April 2025
Kim Hagans is a landscape painter who loves plein air painting with her friends, and painting in her home studio as well.
Media: Oil, and occasionally Acrylic
E-mail: kim.hagans@yahoo.com
She enjoyed living in beautiful coastal Northern California until eleven years ago, when she and her husband moved to the Central Coast of Oregon.
Her art is inspired by coastal forests, the Pacific Ocean, Oregon lakes, flowers, and lovely gardens such as: the Connie Hansen Garden in Lincoln City, OR, the Japanese Garden in Portland, OR, and Schreiner’s Iris Garden in Salem, OR
We often hear from artists, inventers and athletes about getting into the zone or flow state. Kim Hagans explains how it is for her. “I love to get into that magical flow state where painting becomes spontaneous and easy. I don’t overthink anything, and I lose all track of time. I paint from observation, but I like to throw in a little imagination, romance, and sometimes I rearrange the composition."
Her work can be viewed through the month of April, at the Artists’ Studio Association at 620 NE Hwy 101, Lincoln City, OR., everyday from 10:00-5:00, and at the Visual Art Center, 777 NW Beach Dr., Newport OR Tue-Sat 12:00-4:00.