About the Artist

Self taught Outsider Artist, Kimberly Helgeson Sams,  was born in Seattle, Washington in 1977. She grew up on a 40 acre ranch that bordered 200 acres of wilderness, surrounded by animals and nature. She has been painting for 14 years, and drawing and experimenting in art much longer than that. She currently resides in Spokane, Washington with her husband, two daughters, and their veritable “zoo” of pets, which include three shelties, a wolf dog, four cats, a minirex rabbit, and two aquariums.

Stage Dragon's Award Winning Art & Photography is collected world-wide, including Paris France. Awards include: Best Adult Art, Best In Show, Judge's Choice, People's Choice,  Best of Category Professional Division 2002, and recently Best in Show 2003. Her work has been exhibited in gallery showings & art festivals. Her most current accomplishment was a giant wall mural for a local market place.

Outsider Art by Stage Dragon

©2003 Stage Dragon

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Artist Statement

When I first became an artist I was in the hospital with asthma at barely age two and the nurse gave me crayons. The nurse was amazed- I was drawing actual pictures, not scribbling, and I have been drawing and painting ever since. The voices in my head won't let me stop... J

For me art is a way to express complex emotions and give shape to what I feel at any given moment. It is a way of dealing with everything that is jumbled up in my head, how I experience the world around me.

I want to explore all styles of art, and continue experimenting with different art forms. I never want to become stagnant as an artist. I want to allow myself to develop new ideas, and to always have a fresh outlook on my art. I think I might have been born in the wrong era, but if it means being a starving artist, that's okay. I'd rather starve doing something that is my lifeblood, than be rich doing something boring.

~Kimberly Ann Helgeson Sams ©2003