Growing up in northern Vermont, Kimberlee Forney enjoyed creating art at an early age. She finds her inspiration among the beautiful Vermont landscape, within music, animals, people, her daily surroundings, and within her brother, Larkin Forney, whom received a TBI (traumatic brain injury) in 1986 at the age of eight. She appreciates the healing qualities of art and it's communicative and emotive powers. She developed her artistic and technical skills while attending Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania and received her Bachelor's degree in Studio Art in 2000. After graduation, Kimberlee's fantastical style developed out of a basic idea involving a lively and musical bar scenario with human-like forms embedded in the scene (titled "Jazzy at the Bar"). Her business, Natural Expressions, was formed and other pieces involving various cultural scenes, animal forms, and landscapes soon followed. Kimberlee is a member or displays at the Brandon Artists' Guild in Brandon, the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe, Art on Main in Bristol, The Northern Vermont Artist's Association (NVAA), Kennedy Bros. in Vergennes, the Chaffee Art Center in Rutland and the Artisan's Gallery in Waitsfield.. For Kimberlee, being an artist is more than just about creating art. It is also about using her artwork to help benefit the lives of others.