Katherine Cox Knapp
Chicago, Ilinois
A Chicago based painter playing with color and texture and leaning more toward realism or abstraction depending on the unique character of each piece.
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It is a long artistic tradition to copy paintings of masters you admire to advance your own craft. This painting is my rendering of "Vase of Flowers" by PIERRE-JOSEPH REDOUTÉ(1750 - 1840).
One of the things I find so alluring about this painting is a feeling of shyness about the flowers. They are so fat and pink and luxurious, but they feel self conscious to me. Some are turning toward the light, some toward the shadow, but all are turning away from the viewer, hiding behind leaves, or facing entirely backwards.