This yr’s Winter Wonderland artwork is an summary tackle winter. We hope it brings to thoughts no matter you’re keen on finest about winter, or maybe strikes a sense of awe for the extremity of winter. We interviewed summary artist Hanna Kuhns for her ideas behind the artwork she created for this yr’s label.
Hanna, a skier and path runner, enjoys the sector of summary artwork because it permits her to be free and have enjoyable with what she’s making.
“For me, summary artwork is energetic, and I’m at all times working to create steadiness throughout the composition,” says Hanna. “There’s a feeling of freedom that comes via the motion and response to the marks which were made. There’s additionally a freedom from the constraints of constructing a picture that’s visually literal.”
Hanna says she’s very a lot within the second when she’s creating, and cites the thought behind summary artwork as put by one among her favourite artists, Helen Frankenthaler: make with the thought of “letting ‘er rip.”
To remain true to that in-the-moment course of, Hanna retains a sketchbook with concepts together with notes on supplies she want to work with, however then strikes quick when creating to keep away from a static strategy. Meaning sticking to her unique plan doesn’t at all times occur.
After I was creating the picture [for Winter Wonderland], I used to be imagining the sensation of floating on high of a recent layer of powder, respiratory within the crisp mountain air. I assumed in regards to the feeling of winter and what colours I affiliate with it. I used to be fascinated about time shared with associates exterior,” she says.
Every year, the DOMA Winter Wonderland label should embrace a tree and snowflake in some type. With summary artwork, this can be a reference to the sensation of standing in a snowstorm, for instance. We love the motion completed in Hanna’s artwork for this label.
Hanna works as an artist and highschool artwork instructor, and hopes to department out into the backcountry ski world this winter. She is going to proceed engaged on a collection of prints and work the place she experiments with conventional printmaking instruments utilized in a non-traditional approach. To seek out extra of her work, try her Instagram account @hannakuhnsart.
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