Hi, I’m Kim. I am an artist, designer, and maker based in the Midwest, where I live with my family on a tiny bit of land that backs up to a creek and just enough woods to wander in but never get lost.
I’ve been making things for as long as I can remember. As a kid I filled sketchbooks with clothing designs and kept a binder of quotes typed up in the best fonts I could find. I built my first website…on Geocities, no less…in middle school, back in the 90s. That mix of art, design, and technology never let go of me: I went on to earn a degree in Computer Graphics Technology and a graduate degree in Learning Design & Technology, and I’ve been chasing the intersection of the two ever since. I love to learn, and I love to create, and somewhere down the line, I’d like to bring teaching into the work too.
I got my start in design working in college athletics advertising at Purdue (go Boilers) and freelancing, then spent a few years designing for a small ad agency. In 2007 I picked up a dslr camera to shoot photos for friends and never put it down…photography is still my first true love. I’ve run my photography business alongside an Etsy shop, freelance design work, and raising a family. (See the photography at @thekimdavisphotographs on Instagram.)
These days I design and create out of a studio in a historic garage in downtown Noblesville, Indiana which is home base for Left Grain…where I get to work alongside other artists, makers, and shop owners who make this town feel like a real creative community.
I’m a designer with range: brand identity, product design, illustration, photography, and surface pattern design. I like simple, effective design that does its job well. You’ll find products from the studio at Left Grain, and original work available for licensing in my portfolio.
Interested in working together or licensing a piece? Reach out:
Instagram: @left.grain
