Abstract Collections
Fine Art Mixed Media Paintings by Kathleen Rietz
I began painting intuitively several years ago, when I felt drawn to let go of rendering concrete, physical representations of objects and instead paint freely with my feelings and the colors that I felt represented them.
"Emerging" Collection
A pandemic cannot crush our spirits. The sun still shines, the flowers still bloom, we are resilient. The earth and its people are resilient. We will emerge, and with a new sense of wonder for life. "Emerging" was inspired by all the good that can come from the hardest of times. As an ocean's waves crash over rocks, carrying away impurities and smoothing out the rocks' surfaces, so are we being changed for the better.
Intuitive Abstracts
This grouping is a mix of beautiful abstract paintings from various collections, curated into this dedicated space.
"Summer Storms" Collection
The Summer Storms collection is a follow up to the Emerging collection. It is a very personal, autobiographical collection of paintings.
While I was so hopeful that news would get better as we headed into summer of 2020, racial tensions, violence, surges in COVID cases and the upcoming election has many of us feeling more and more like we are living in a dream. This collection expresses my feelings about the tension and the turbulence on the horizon (why these are landscapes) and my attempts to place order in my inner world (as if watching the storm through a window in a sheltered place). As much as I find such joy in the small things, like the flowers in my garden for instance, my heart feels troubled at moments as I look at the bigger picture and try to remain hopeful about the future. This is the story and meaning behind Summer Storms.
While I was so hopeful that news would get better as we headed into summer of 2020, racial tensions, violence, surges in COVID cases and the upcoming election has many of us feeling more and more like we are living in a dream. This collection expresses my feelings about the tension and the turbulence on the horizon (why these are landscapes) and my attempts to place order in my inner world (as if watching the storm through a window in a sheltered place). As much as I find such joy in the small things, like the flowers in my garden for instance, my heart feels troubled at moments as I look at the bigger picture and try to remain hopeful about the future. This is the story and meaning behind Summer Storms.
Abstract Works on Paper
Each painting is unique, colorful and original. Each painting arrives presented in a 8" x 10.5" bright white mat ready for framing in a 11" x 14" frame. Outer dimensions of the mat are 11" x 14". Mat is beveled. Painting is created with acrylic paints on fine quality canvas paper.