Kimberly De Stephan Beltrame

Kimberly Beltrame completed her Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Italian Studies and Art at Rosemont College, Pa., moved to Rome and then Milan, Italy. She moved to Florida 23 years ago and began doing murals and trompe l’oeil for clients in the Orlando area. She's also worked for realtors who have commissioned watercolors as closing gifts for their clients. She was the poster artist for the 10th Annual Windermere Run Among the Lakes, has been the featured artist at the SoBo gallery in Winter Garden, participated in several 1st Thursday events at the Orlando Museum of Art, was the recipient of the 2017 Honorable Mention at the Windermere Art Affair, 2012 Clermont Award of Excellence, 2011 and 2010 2nd place award winner at the Winter Garden Art Festival. She continues to paint both the central Florida landscape and the beautiful coastal communities. She considers herself a contemporary post-impressionist. Depicting the surrounding areas in oil on canvas has become her obsession and joy. She strives to depict movement and emotion through brilliant, vibrant colors and to convey a sense of mystery and illusion through her technique and point of view.