I Have The Love 

"I Have The Love" was painted by Cathrine Edlinger-Kunze using traditional materials. The red background has the texture of distressed velvet, an impression she achieves through the medium of paint. Her technique is quite free, almost like an expressionistic watercolor. The figure is suggested through brushstrokes, rather than built up through close observation. The colors and contrasts define the light and shadow and give the figure its form. The painting has a quality of spontaneity, as if it were quickly executed. The energy of the painting lies not only in the image, but the sense of the artist's hand moving across the canvas, the drag of the brush. The subject is the joy of painting itself. Edlinger-Kunze uses materials and process to create a sense of immediacy, challenging us to see the beauty in the everyday. We can appreciate the painting not just for what it depicts, but for how it was made.