#92 NTKLASS - CONTEMPORARY FINE ART

Green Bench at Nude Beach 8x8 Gouache on a Rag Board Mixed Media              16 x 16 mat foam board

Nannette Tarpey Klass ABOUT

I am an intuitive painter that works with subliminal messages and develops them progressively into an image. The process works through layers of paint, leaving bits of previous images or strokes peeking through. A painting evolves as the story starts to form and I feel the emotion is complete for that piece.

As I approach a piece, I begin without any preconceived idea or subject in mind.  I will sit and stare at the canvas like a writer at a blank page.  My influence is from my concerns about the world around me, in the news, my personal life and nature. As I start laying paint on the canvas free form, I will see at some point an image and start to develop it.  As in life I understand this is not the end result but the beginning of a process of discovery. This vague beginning will start unfolding and the image will change as I add layers leaving bits of the previous image exposed (or left underneath to feed me subliminally). This process continues until it feels complete.

Within the life of the final painting may be three or four or more ideas underneath with bits of each exposed. These are important ingredients to the recipe. This process is the construction, then deconstruction, and reconstruction. I find this process to parallel the human condition or existence. When I start a piece I am innocent of its intention. As I travel through it's creation I continue until I find the message unfolding and then bring it to its truth.