I think the first time I became aware of Gustav Klimt’s art was when I saw a print of his well-known work “The Kiss” in my friend Amy’s apartment in the early 1990s. Last night, my blogging friend Shawn posted a photo of her favorite Klimt painting, “The Virgins” (also called “The Virgin” and “The Maiden”) on Facebook. I like it so much that I decided to find a button of it. Klimt’s colors and mosaics in his paintings fascinate me; shadowboxes and collages I made in the 1990s incorporated little elements of those.
I recently acquired a work by Austin artist Cynthia Fedor. It’s a 4×4-inch canvas (tiny! part of its appeal to me). Her work is sparer but does remind me a little of some of Klimt’s paintings, and I’m completely infatuated with her theme and how she’s expressed it here.
framed:
It’s keeping me good company in my office.
fire!
My first glance at the 2nd one and I thought froot Loops!
Not much as a klimt fan, but I really like the second one a lot. It looks like she used a few different materials, and I like that the words are kinda “collagey” for lack of a better word, I think that was a good investment.