Some paintings take a long time to find themselves.
This one has had a particularly long journey. The earliest signatures on the back reveal that I originally painted it in 2010. Since then, it has been exhibited, stored away, rediscovered, questioned, revised, and reworked again and again.
Sometimes a painting needs years of distance. Sometimes it needs to disappear for a while before it can tell you what it wants to become.
And sometimes, after all that time, only a few small changes are needed to transform it into the painting you have been waiting for all along.
I always leave the previous signatures visible on the back of my works and add a new one each time I revisit them. I also note how many times the painting has been reworked. The reverse side becomes its own kind of diary — a record of decisions, doubts, discoveries, and persistence.
Every layer carries a memory. Every revision adds another chapter. And somehow, every layer makes the work richer.
This painting is called Alive. Measuring 80 × 80 × 4.5 cm, it may not be the largest work in my studio, but it carries many years, many kilograms of paint, oil, pigment, and countless moments of looking, questioning, and beginning again.
Sometimes the longest journeys lead exactly where they were meant to go.
Alive is currently available for acquisition.
DM for details.
#ContemporaryArt #AbstractPainting #ArtistStudio #PaintingProcess #ArtCollector
Some paintings take a long time to find themselves.
This one has had a particularly long journey. The earliest signatures on the back reveal that I originally painted it in 2010. Since then, it has been exhibited, stored away, rediscovered, questioned, revised, and reworked again and again.
Sometimes a painting needs years of distance. Sometimes it needs to disappear for a while before it can tell you what it wants to become.
And sometimes, after all that time, only a few small changes are needed to transform it into the painting you have been waiting for all along.
I always leave the previous signatures visible on the back of my works and add a new one each time I revisit them. I also note how many times the painting has been reworked. The reverse side becomes its own kind of diary — a record of decisions, doubts, discoveries, and persistence.
Every layer carries a memory. Every revision adds another chapter. And somehow, every layer makes the work richer.
This painting is called Alive. Measuring 80 × 80 × 4.5 cm, it may not be the largest work in my studio, but it carries many years, many kilograms of paint, oil, pigment, and countless moments of looking, questioning, and beginning again.
Sometimes the longest journeys lead exactly where they were meant to go.
Alive is currently available for acquisition.
DM for details.
#ContemporaryArt #AbstractPainting #ArtistStudio #PaintingProcess #ArtCollector
Formal Echoes
165 × 190 cm
Formal Echoes explores painting as an evolving archive of gestures. Through layering, concealment and repetition, the work records a sequence of actions rather than a predetermined image.
The composition emerged through a process of continual response, where each intervention generated the conditions for the next. Forms migrate across the surface, leaving residues that remain active even when partially obscured.
Central to the work is the idea that meaning in painting is not fixed but accumulative. The image develops through a dialogue between intention and contingency, allowing traces of previous states to persist within the final composition.
#pink #artwork #curator #artcollection #manuelakarinknaut
Formal Echoes
165 × 190 cm
Formal Echoes explores painting as an evolving archive of gestures. Through layering, concealment and repetition, the work records a sequence of actions rather than a predetermined image.
The composition emerged through a process of continual response, where each intervention generated the conditions for the next. Forms migrate across the surface, leaving residues that remain active even when partially obscured.
Central to the work is the idea that meaning in painting is not fixed but accumulative. The image develops through a dialogue between intention and contingency, allowing traces of previous states to persist within the final composition.
#pink #artwork #curator #artcollection #manuelakarinknaut
Echoes of Joy
300 × 120 cm | Triptych
For months, this work travelled through my studio — from wall to wall, from one space to another. It carried a powerful energy from the very beginning, yet I always felt that something was still missing. I lived with it, questioned it, and returned to it again and again.
Now it is complete.
And I couldn’t be happier.
Echoes of Joy is a celebration of vitality, possibility, and the simple wonder of being alive. It speaks of the joy I feel in this moment of life and of the deep conviction that there is still so much ahead to discover, experience, and embrace.
Open the window. Let the air in. Feel the movement. Feel the light.
I hope this painting offers some of the same energy it gives me — a reminder to remain open, curious, and ready for whatever comes next.
It never ceases to amaze me how colour, gesture, and movement can carry such emotional force. How they can transform a surface into something that is felt long before it is understood.
For me, Echoes of Joy is exactly that: a reflection of optimism, momentum, and gratitude for all that is still unfolding.
#EchoesOfJoy #ContemporaryArt #AbstractPainting #LargeScaleArt #ManuelaKarinKnaut
Echoes of Joy
300 × 120 cm | Triptych
For months, this work travelled through my studio — from wall to wall, from one space to another. It carried a powerful energy from the very beginning, yet I always felt that something was still missing. I lived with it, questioned it, and returned to it again and again.
Now it is complete.
And I couldn’t be happier.
Echoes of Joy is a celebration of vitality, possibility, and the simple wonder of being alive. It speaks of the joy I feel in this moment of life and of the deep conviction that there is still so much ahead to discover, experience, and embrace.
Open the window. Let the air in. Feel the movement. Feel the light.
I hope this painting offers some of the same energy it gives me — a reminder to remain open, curious, and ready for whatever comes next.
It never ceases to amaze me how colour, gesture, and movement can carry such emotional force. How they can transform a surface into something that is felt long before it is understood.
For me, Echoes of Joy is exactly that: a reflection of optimism, momentum, and gratitude for all that is still unfolding.
#EchoesOfJoy #ContemporaryArt #AbstractPainting #LargeScaleArt #ManuelaKarinKnaut
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