Kim Solga
Watercolorist, Author, Art Educator
PO Box 274, Mt. Shasta CA 96067
kim.solga @ gmail.com
solga.com
BlueOtterArt
kim.solga@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts 1970 University of California, Berkeley
California Teaching Credential 1972 California State University, Hayward
Graduate studies in Education, University of California at Davis, 1976
Graduate studies in Art, Southern Oregon University, 2001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1972-1986: Elementary teaching in standard classroom setting and as
art specialist, Siskiyou County Schools and Contra Cost County
Schools, northern California.
1995-2002 Adjunct Professor, College of the Siskiyous, Weed, California.
1982 – present: Author, editor and illustrator.
1986-present: Painter, author, editor, computer graphics, murals, illustrator. Owner of Kim Solga Artworks and KidsArt.com, providing fine art, illustration, murals, Internet development, social media marketing, art education, Mt. Shasta, California.
FINE ART
My works are created primarily on location in wilderness settings, focused on watercolors with mixed media highlights capturing rivers, waterfalls, glaciers and mountains.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
“Scenes of Siskiyou County“ July-August 2017 Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, California
“Sinking Into Wilderness – Kim Solga, Carol Jenkins and Wataru Sugiyama ” April-June 2017 Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, California
“Wilderness Watercolor – Recent works by Kim Solga” May-July 2016 The Gallery in Mount Shasta, Mt. Shasta, California
“Fabulous Flowers – Botanical works by Kim Solga” May-July 2014 The Gallery in the Black Bear Building, Mt. Shasta, California
PUBLICATIONS
- Beastly Neighbors, All About Wild Things in the City, or Why Earwigs
Make Good Mothers: A Brown Paper School Book published 1981 by
Little, Brown Co. Illustrator. - Sierra Club Kids’ Yearbooks, published 1980-1982 by Yolla Bolly Press and Scribners. Designer and illustrator.
- The Arts & Activities series, including Draw, Paint, Make Sculptures,
Make Costumes, Make Clothes Fun, Make Crafts, Make Cards, Art Fun! and
Craft Fun!: published 1993-1998 by F&W Publications North Light Books.
Author. - Spark Magazine, published 1992-1995 by F&W Publications. Editor,
author, illustrator. - Discovering Great Artists, published 1997 by Bright Ring Press, Chicago Review Press. Author and illustrator.
- Great American Artists for Kids, published 2008 by Bright Ring Press, Chicago Review Press. Author.
- The Everything Guide to Selling Arts & Crafts Online: published 2013
by Adams Media. Author.