I love the Klimt aesthetic! I must admit, these paintings are more copies than they are inspired by Gustav Klimt’s work, but I still want to show them to you. ‘The Kiss’ (1907-1908) is a work I have adored since I was a teenager. It often reminded me of my grandparents and their love for each other: a vulnerable, soft, sweet kind of love.
Painted with acrylic paint on canvas
The other painting is inspired, based on Klimt’s portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, also called ‘The woman in gold’ (1903-1907). Klimt used oil paint and gold leaf for his paintings, I had to limit myself to acrylics and acrylic gold paint. If the sunlight touches the painting, however, the gold does shine in a way it doesn’t by just looking at it.
I adore the gold aesthetic with the mozaic on the background and the clothes. This painting style has influenced me as an illustrator for a few of my original works, such as Connected in the Universe and Anna’s garden.
This painting was requested by and gifted to a friend. Acrylic paint on canvas, painted during one of the COVID-19 Lock downs in 2020.
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