Estudios especiales en la Universidad Estatal de Colorado lo calificaron como uno de los pocos artistas policiales certificados en el estado, pero el reconocimiento de sus compañeros y coleccionistas lo alejó del trabajo comercial y la ilustración para dedicarse a la pintura de bellas artes a tiempo completo. Mackey también entrena a estudiantes; es un maestro popular, que realiza talleres y clases en toda la región. Ha sido instructor de la facultad en la Art Students League de Denver y ha enseñado en el Instituto de Arte de Colorado.
Los críticos consideran a Mackey como uno de los mejores artistas del estado de Colorado. Sus credenciales enumeran numerosos premios, incluido el prestigioso premio Winsor Newton de los Oil Painters of America. Ha expuesto en el Salmagundi Club en Nueva York, los Oil Painters of America en Chicago, Illinois y San Antonio, Texas, el Colorado Governor's Invitational Show en Loveland, Colorado, y el Coors Western Art Show en Denver, Colorado. Sus pinturas se encuentran en muchas colecciones distinguidas, incluida la del cantante y compositor Neil Diamond. El trabajo de Mackey también se incluye en la colección King altamente selectiva en el Centro de Bellas Artes Sangre de Cristo en Pueblo, Colorado.
Mackey es uno de los pocos artistas en los Estados Unidos que ha sido seleccionado como miembro exclusivo de Oil Painters of America, y también ha aparecido en la revista Art Revue, The Artist's Magazine, Southwest Art magazine y Western Horseman. como la revista Cowboys and Indians. El Denver Post lo ha llamado "un maestro de [su] género", y Southwest Art lo ha reconocido como un artista tradicional de vaqueros en el mejor sentido de la palabra. Fuente askart.com
Kim Mackey grew up in Pueblo, Colorado. He attended public schools and, through his interest and ability in art, won a scholarship to attend the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver. Following art school, Mackey worked for several years as an illustrator, completing assignments for such clients as True West magazine, Western Horseman, and Capitol Records.
Special studies at Colorado State University qualified him as one of only a few certified police artists in the state, but recognition from his peers and collectors led him away from commercial work and illustration into full time fine art painting. Mackey also coaches students; he is a popular teacher, conducting workshops and classes throughout the region. He has been a faculty instructor at the Art Students League of Denver, and has taught at the Colorado Institute of Art.
Critics consider Mackey to be one of the best artists in the state of Colorado. His credentials list numerous awards, including the prestigious Winsor Newton Award from the Oil Painters of America. He has exhibited at the Salmagundi Club in New York, the Oil Painters of America in Chicago, Illinois and San Antonio, Texas, the Colorado Governor’s Invitational Show in Loveland, Colorado, and the Coors Western Art Show in Denver, Colorado. His paintings hang in many distinguished collections, including that of the singer/songwriter Neil Diamond. Mackey’s work is also included in the highly selective King Collection at the Sangre de Cristo Fine Art Center in Pueblo, Colorado.
Mackey is one of only a few artists in the United States to be selected as a signature member of the Oil Painters of America, and has been featured in Art Revue magazine, The Artist’s Magazine, Southwest Art magazine, and Western Horseman magazine, as well as Cowboys and Indians magazine. The Denver Post has called him “a master of [his] genre,” and Southwest Art has acknowledged him as a traditional cowboy artist in the finest sense of the word.