Sometimes, the works we least expect become the true highlights of our journey.
This piece is a perfect example.
Painted on a heavy wooden panel rather than my usual canvas, it challenged me from the very beginning. For weeks, I carried it from one room to another in my studio. Its weight made it difficult to move—it always required two people—and it lacked the effortless lightness I associate with working on canvas.
Yet it refused to be ignored.
The work carries a rich history within its layers: collage elements, charcoal, acrylic, oil, and silkscreen printing all came together in a process of building, covering, revealing, and rediscovering. It was also the very last piece I completed for my exhibition in April.
Then something unexpected happened.
Almost overnight, it became the most requested artwork in the entire exhibition. From zero to one hundred. Collectors, visitors, and curators kept returning to it.
And by now, I think I understand why.
Some works seem to gather their own energy along the way. They carry every decision, every hesitation, every risk, and every layer of their making. They tell a story that goes beyond the visible surface.
This is one of those works.
If you would like to receive detailed information about this piece, I would be delighted to send it to you. We collaborate with trusted professional fine art shipping companies worldwide, ensuring that your artwork arrives safely and securely. Your piece will be delivered ready to hang, allowing you to enjoy it immediately upon arrival.
Photo credits for studio shots @weltdinge 📷
#ContemporaryArt #AbstractArt #ArtistStudio #MixedMediaArt #ArtCollectors
Sometimes, the works we least expect become the true highlights of our journey.
This piece is a perfect example.
Painted on a heavy wooden panel rather than my usual canvas, it challenged me from the very beginning. For weeks, I carried it from one room to another in my studio. Its weight made it difficult to move—it always required two people—and it lacked the effortless lightness I associate with working on canvas.
Yet it refused to be ignored.
The work carries a rich history within its layers: collage elements, charcoal, acrylic, oil, and silkscreen printing all came together in a process of building, covering, revealing, and rediscovering. It was also the very last piece I completed for my exhibition in April.
Then something unexpected happened.
Almost overnight, it became the most requested artwork in the entire exhibition. From zero to one hundred. Collectors, visitors, and curators kept returning to it.
And by now, I think I understand why.
Some works seem to gather their own energy along the way. They carry every decision, every hesitation, every risk, and every layer of their making. They tell a story that goes beyond the visible surface.
This is one of those works.
If you would like to receive detailed information about this piece, I would be delighted to send it to you. We collaborate with trusted professional fine art shipping companies worldwide, ensuring that your artwork arrives safely and securely. Your piece will be delivered ready to hang, allowing you to enjoy it immediately upon arrival.
Photo credits for studio shots @weltdinge 📷
#ContemporaryArt #AbstractArt #ArtistStudio #MixedMediaArt #ArtCollectors
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” — Thomas Merton
Certain details and qualities of a painting can only be fully appreciated in person.
This painting is built through layers of expressive brushwork, rich texture, and heavily impastoed paint that catches the light and changes with every perspective. While Instagram offers a glimpse, it can never fully convey the physical presence, depth, and materiality of the work.
Collectors and interior designers: we would be delighted to send a curated portfolio directly from the studio and discuss available works or bespoke commissions.
#ContemporaryArt #AbstractPainting #ArtCollectors #InteriorDesignProjects #OriginalArtwork
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” — Thomas Merton
Certain details and qualities of a painting can only be fully appreciated in person.
This painting is built through layers of expressive brushwork, rich texture, and heavily impastoed paint that catches the light and changes with every perspective. While Instagram offers a glimpse, it can never fully convey the physical presence, depth, and materiality of the work.
Collectors and interior designers: we would be delighted to send a curated portfolio directly from the studio and discuss available works or bespoke commissions.
#ContemporaryArt #AbstractPainting #ArtCollectors #InteriorDesignProjects #OriginalArtwork
Tutti frutti. New works, new vibes, new me.
#art #contemporaryart #orange #artcollector #tuttifrutti
Tutti frutti. New works, new vibes, new me.
#art #contemporaryart #orange #artcollector #tuttifrutti
Sentimental Approach
Certain works reveal themselves immediately.
Others unfold gradually, resisting definition and inviting sustained attention.
▪️Sentimental Approach▪️ belongs to the latter. Developed over an extended period in the studio, the painting evolved through a process of observation, revision, and reflection. Its visual language is shaped by subtle tensions between gesture and restraint, presence and absence, creating a space that remains deliberately open to interpretation.
The title emerged only after the work had reached its final form. Rather than describing the painting, it suggests a way of encountering it—through intuition, memory, and emotional resonance. These intangible dimensions often inform our experience more profoundly than what can be articulated or measured.
At the core of the work is an interest in abstraction as a field of possibility. Freed from fixed narratives, the composition invites multiple readings, allowing each viewer to engage with the painting through their own associations and perspectives. Meaning is not prescribed; it is discovered in the encounter.
In this sense, Sentimental Approach reflects an ongoing exploration of how painting can hold complexity, ambiguity, and connection within a single visual space.
Sentimental Approach
125 × 125 cm
Original artwork | Available
For collectors, curators, architects, interior designers, and corporate clients interested in this work or in future collaborations, my team would be delighted to hear from you.
We are happy to provide personalized portfolios, project proposals, and tailored presentations for private collections, hospitality environments, and large-scale corporate art projects.
#ContemporaryArt #AbstractPainting #ArtCollectors #Curators #CorporateCollections
Sentimental Approach
Certain works reveal themselves immediately.
Others unfold gradually, resisting definition and inviting sustained attention.
▪️Sentimental Approach▪️ belongs to the latter. Developed over an extended period in the studio, the painting evolved through a process of observation, revision, and reflection. Its visual language is shaped by subtle tensions between gesture and restraint, presence and absence, creating a space that remains deliberately open to interpretation.
The title emerged only after the work had reached its final form. Rather than describing the painting, it suggests a way of encountering it—through intuition, memory, and emotional resonance. These intangible dimensions often inform our experience more profoundly than what can be articulated or measured.
At the core of the work is an interest in abstraction as a field of possibility. Freed from fixed narratives, the composition invites multiple readings, allowing each viewer to engage with the painting through their own associations and perspectives. Meaning is not prescribed; it is discovered in the encounter.
In this sense, Sentimental Approach reflects an ongoing exploration of how painting can hold complexity, ambiguity, and connection within a single visual space.
Sentimental Approach
125 × 125 cm
Original artwork | Available
For collectors, curators, architects, interior designers, and corporate clients interested in this work or in future collaborations, my team would be delighted to hear from you.
We are happy to provide personalized portfolios, project proposals, and tailored presentations for private collections, hospitality environments, and large-scale corporate art projects.
#ContemporaryArt #AbstractPainting #ArtCollectors #Curators #CorporateCollections
Your best life. 165/165/4 cm
Manuela Karin Knaut, 2026
#art #bestlife #painting #artcollector #interiordesign
Your best life. 165/165/4 cm
Manuela Karin Knaut, 2026
#art #bestlife #painting #artcollector #interiordesign
Lately, I’ve been enjoying working with smaller formats that can be combined and reconfigured in countless ways.
Here you can see six of my most recent works, created over the past few weeks in my studio. I’m continuing to develop this series, which functions almost like a visual diary—filled with luminous colors, layers, traces, and moments of discovery.
I hope some of the joy, freedom, and curiosity I experience while painting shines through in these pieces.
#ContemporaryArt
#AbstractPainting
#ArtistStudio
#VisualDiary
#ManuelaKarinKnaut
Lately, I’ve been enjoying working with smaller formats that can be combined and reconfigured in countless ways.
Here you can see six of my most recent works, created over the past few weeks in my studio. I’m continuing to develop this series, which functions almost like a visual diary—filled with luminous colors, layers, traces, and moments of discovery.
I hope some of the joy, freedom, and curiosity I experience while painting shines through in these pieces.
#ContemporaryArt
#AbstractPainting
#ArtistStudio
#VisualDiary
#ManuelaKarinKnaut