Kim Chasen has lived in Palm Springs and Joshua Tree for over 40 years. She co-owned Dezart One Gallery with from 2001-2012 and created the Backstreet Arts District with her two partners. 

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In all of her work, Kim creates her own sense of unique color and sensuous texture. Her objectives are relatively simple, with a conscious connection between the horizontal and the vertical. Lying beneath the surface, the paintings project a double life without compromising their integrity as pure abstraction. Kim has the innate ability to coax a feeling of strength and vitality from a few well chosen colors. "My art represents the way I desire to live my life....simple and uncomplicated, yet bold and exciting. It does, however require a lot from the viewer....a willingness travel through the many layers."