Ménage à trois artistique - Klimt in Hundertwasserland

"Klimt in Hundertwasserland"

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So this all started with me wanting to make something for the Klimt challenge at the Trodden Path. I was very short in time, because at the moment it is schoolholidays and I teach art classes for kids everyday both am and pm, so not much art-time for me these 2 weeks really. I was also reading up on some art history and techniques and stumbled onto Friedensreich Hundertwasser (again)
Of course I had heard of him before, because this Austrian artist moved to New Zealand and made the (world-famous-in NZ ?) toilets in Kawakawa that came in the news just recently, because they need repair work. Well Hundertwasser was inspired by Klimt and since I now am inspired by both these men, I call this drawing my "ménage à trois artistique" ( loosely translated : artistic household of three ) - The golden robe unfortunately does not show as well on the photo -

a Klimt-ish Kiwi

My latest Klimt inspired work, a smaller canvas with the iconic New Zealand native bird the Kiwi. A little different from my previous Klimt, but I always wanted to do birds as well and we have some really funny (interesting, decorative) ones here ;) He was a bit hard to photograph though, I think he looks better in real life 

 

Mixed Media on canvas 

  12 x 12 inch

30 x 30 cm

~~~ My Water Serpents I ~~~ the Klimt Challenge

 

~ My Water Serpents I ~

Mixed Media on canvas 70x73 cm

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for the Klimt Challenge

initiated by the very  talented Gritty Jane

I was inspired of course by his Mermaid-like "Wasserschlangen"

and then I saw my Kaffe Fassett fabrics and I had to use some of those as well, how fitting they are to Klimt's patterns

I will have to do another Klimt inspired work, I am mesmerised by him at the moment, I got almost all books from the library on him out, funny how that happens

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