Presentation

As a contemporary, award winning artist, Loretta expresses her visions in a spontaneous and direct fashion. Acrylic paint is layered, subtracted and manipulated using palette knives and brushes to synthesize an intricate and distinct tableau.

Colours and shapes take on an energy of their own and each subsequent layer of texture and colour she adds reinterprets her thoughts and emotions.
Loretta works with the passion that her motifs, their essence, will stimulate the mind's eye of the observer.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

As a self taught artist, all my techniques were learned by trial and error and now when I reach for a brush or palette knife to start a fresh canvas, I know what I want to accomplish. Mind you, I am still always open for new ideas and allow myself to push the envelope and experiment when I feel the need as well. I go back and forth between my various series as I feel that it keeps my work both fresh and exciting for me and the viewer. Creating diverse artworks is how I can best express myself. I cannot create the same artwork over and over again as I would feel locked in chains. I worked in a factory for a short time when I was young and certainly don't want to relive that experience in my paintings. My artwork may not always be recognizable because of this fact and I am perfectly ok with that. I do know that when collectors purchase my work, they are doing so because they have made a deep, emotional connection with a specific piece and that is what gives me and them joy.

Education:

Self-taught

Awards & Distinctions:

AWARDS:
2019 - Award for Juror's Choice 2nd at the Art Gallery of Northumberland's 41st Juried Exhibition
2017 - Award for the Derivative Abstract Category and the Award for the Imaginative Abstract Category at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery 50th Anniversary OAA Juried Art Exhibition.
2016 - Award of Excellence at the PRAC 17th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
2016 - Special Merit Award for the Light, Space & Time Gallery 7th Annual Abstracts Competition
2014 - Award of Excellence at the PRAC 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition

PRINT , TV & ONLINE:

2022 - To be featured in the upcoming Annual Book and Magazine of Photographize Magazine

2020 - Featured on Episode 40 of Stella's Studio on Camoes TV

2020 - Arabella Magazine - Online Kaleidoscope Collection 1

2020 - Watershed Magazine Spring Issue -

Featured in Cultural Currents

2018 - Cobourg Now - Featured in article regarding home studio tour

2014 - Nuwork Magazine - Weaving Worlds featured in the summer edition

Exhibitions:

Colour and Form Society - 2021
Ontario Society of Artists - 2021, 2015, 2014
'From Women's Eye' Virtual Art Exhibition hosted by The Kefi Art Gallery - 2021
Society of Canadian Artists - 2021, 2020, 2018
Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016
Mother Earth Virtual Art Exhibition ( Solo ) - 2020
The Federation of Canadian Artists Exhibition - 2019
The Artist Project, Toronto - 2019,2018,2017
The Riverdale Artwalk, Toronto - 2019, 2018,2017,2016
OAA Art Exhibition, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa - 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, City Hall, Toronto - 2018
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington - 2017, 2016, 2014

 

Artistic Influences:

I have very eclectic taste in art and there have been several artists past and present who I have drawn inspiration from, however, I aim to create works that are uniquely mine alone and my true inspiration comes from within my heart and soul, through conscious and subconscious impressions, visions and dreams.


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All artworks of Loretta Kaltenhauser
Painting, Insync, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Insync

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm

$1,360

Painting, No Regrets, Loretta Kaltenhauser

No Regrets

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 91.4 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm

$1,814

Painting, Lost in the Machine, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Lost in the Machine

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm

$1,360

Painting, Distracted, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Distracted

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm

$1,511

Painting, Brainstorm, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Brainstorm

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm

$1,360

Painting, Derinkuyu, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Derinkuyu

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm

$1,360

Painting, Follow the Money, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Follow the Money

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm

$1,511

Painting, Bridging the Gap, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Bridging the Gap

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm

$1,814

Painting, Veil of Whispers, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Veil of Whispers

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm

$1,807

Painting, Back in Black, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Back in Black

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 121.9 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm

Sold

Painting, Fly High, Loretta Kaltenhauser

Fly High

Loretta Kaltenhauser

Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm

Sold

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Who is the artist?

As a contemporary, award winning artist, Loretta expresses her visions in a spontaneous and direct fashion. Acrylic paint is layered, subtracted and manipulated using palette knives and brushes to synthesize an intricate and distinct tableau.

Colours and shapes take on an energy of their own and each subsequent layer of texture and colour she adds reinterprets her thoughts and emotions.
Loretta works with the passion that her motifs, their essence, will stimulate the mind's eye of the observer.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

As a self taught artist, all my techniques were learned by trial and error and now when I reach for a brush or palette knife to start a fresh canvas, I know what I want to accomplish. Mind you, I am still always open for new ideas and allow myself to push the envelope and experiment when I feel the need as well. I go back and forth between my various series as I feel that it keeps my work both fresh and exciting for me and the viewer. Creating diverse artworks is how I can best express myself. I cannot create the same artwork over and over again as I would feel locked in chains. I worked in a factory for a short time when I was young and certainly don't want to relive that experience in my paintings. My artwork may not always be recognizable because of this fact and I am perfectly ok with that. I do know that when collectors purchase my work, they are doing so because they have made a deep, emotional connection with a specific piece and that is what gives me and them joy.

Education:

Self-taught

Awards & Distinctions:

AWARDS:
2019 - Award for Juror's Choice 2nd at the Art Gallery of Northumberland's 41st Juried Exhibition
2017 - Award for the Derivative Abstract Category and the Award for the Imaginative Abstract Category at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery 50th Anniversary OAA Juried Art Exhibition.
2016 - Award of Excellence at the PRAC 17th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
2016 - Special Merit Award for the Light, Space & Time Gallery 7th Annual Abstracts Competition
2014 - Award of Excellence at the PRAC 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition

PRINT , TV & ONLINE:

2022 - To be featured in the upcoming Annual Book and Magazine of Photographize Magazine

2020 - Featured on Episode 40 of Stella's Studio on Camoes TV

2020 - Arabella Magazine - Online Kaleidoscope Collection 1

2020 - Watershed Magazine Spring Issue -

Featured in Cultural Currents

2018 - Cobourg Now - Featured in article regarding home studio tour

2014 - Nuwork Magazine - Weaving Worlds featured in the summer edition

Exhibitions:

Colour and Form Society - 2021
Ontario Society of Artists - 2021, 2015, 2014
'From Women's Eye' Virtual Art Exhibition hosted by The Kefi Art Gallery - 2021
Society of Canadian Artists - 2021, 2020, 2018
Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016
Mother Earth Virtual Art Exhibition ( Solo ) - 2020
The Federation of Canadian Artists Exhibition - 2019
The Artist Project, Toronto - 2019,2018,2017
The Riverdale Artwalk, Toronto - 2019, 2018,2017,2016
OAA Art Exhibition, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa - 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, City Hall, Toronto - 2018
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington - 2017, 2016, 2014

 

Artistic Influences:

I have very eclectic taste in art and there have been several artists past and present who I have drawn inspiration from, however, I aim to create works that are uniquely mine alone and my true inspiration comes from within my heart and soul, through conscious and subconscious impressions, visions and dreams.

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When was Loretta Kaltenhauser born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1955