A third-generation Southern Californian, Kymberlee Stanley draws inspiration from bright coastal color to paint vivid scenes that invite viewers to pause and reflect on moments of time. Her bold brushwork and expressive style are shaped by both formal training and an intuitive sensibility informed by her background as a clinical social worker and community builder. In her early adult years, Stanley worked as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and teacher, but did not begin pursuing painting seriously until 2012, after relocating to Nashville at the age of forty-six.

Rooted in the Impressionist tradition, Stanley’s work explores light, mood, and atmosphere through landscapes, seascapes, and sunlit interior scenes. Since her first solo exhibition in Nashville in 2014, she has exhibited widely, including at the Parthenon Museum in Nashville, as a regular featured artist at the Catalina Island Art Festival, and most recently in her Windows of Wonder exhibition at Nashville International Airport in January 2026. In addition to the Nashville Artist’s Circle,   she is also an active and founding member of the Nashville Painters’ Salon. Kymberlee enjoys hosting painters and artist circles in her Nashville studio, along with leading expressive arts workshops for creatives of all kinds.

Stanley’s work has been featured in American Art Collector and Nashville Scene, and she is a recipient of the Betty Schmidt Memorial Scholarship through Oil Painters of America, which supported her plein air studies in Provence with Workshops in France. Now based in Nashville with her husband and daughter, Stanley bridges her dual passions for art and healing, creating paintings that offer solace, connection, and emotional resonance.