‘Clemens’ | Oil on Metal | 26” x 22“

Katie Swatland painted ‘Clemens’ spontaneously during a livestream concert over the pandemic, inspired by pianist Clemens Teufel’s performance of a Nocturne by Chopin. The video below depicts a frame by frame documentation of the creation of the painting.

About the Artist

The paintings of Katie Swatland are an intrinsic dance between reality and rêverie. Drawing from her training as a painter whose lineage can be traced back to masters such as John Singer Sargeant, Antonio Mancini and Anders Zorn, she approaches the canvas as a means of discovery, carrying on in the spirit of the Romantic and Symbolist traditions of the past. Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, she is a passionate advocate of cross-disciplinary undertakings, and it is the unbounded landscape of the Arts to which she is most drawn.

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