His art is famous for it's fantastic colors and sentimental forms. The colors and figures his uses express the romantic memory of this childhood, influenced by the difficulties he(キムミョンシク,Andy Kim,KIM MYUNG SIK,金明植,김명식 화백)encountered throughout his life. A sense of nostalgia and homesickness pervades his work. △Art Alive(2004 November/December, Hudson New York)
Kim(서양화가 김명식,김명식 작가,김명식 교수) also works to create his own myths from his experience of his past and present surroundings. He is making a series of myth-based works rendering memories of his birthplace.
Kim has been traveling through more than 30 countries and 50 cities. He has sketched the beauty of the city and its people, weaving in to a unity both their envirenment and their way of life. △WINDHAM JOURNAL(December, 2004)