Kimberly Obee is a Printmaker, Book Artist, and Illustrator living and working in Western North Carolina. She received an MFA in Bookarts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book and a BFA in Printmaking from the Hartford Art School. Her studio practice begins outdoors in her sketchbook. Through observational drawing and on site plein-air sketching she records the subjects she sees, landscapes and native wildflowers and plants. Using her sketchbook as a guide for inspiration, she returns to the studio where she combines her skills in printmaking and bookarts to create original lithographs, reduction relief prints, and artist books. She founded Wishing Flower Press & Bindery in 2021, debuting her line of letterpress printed stationery, handbound books, and paper toys.