Susan Kiefer Portrait Paintings
American
Though born and raised in Kansas City, artist Susan Kiefer lived on the west coast for 30 years where she earned her BFA and MFA in printmaking from California College of Arts in San Francisco.
Kiefer moved back to Kansas City in 2014, exhibiting geometric abstracts in various local galleries since. More recently, Kiefer has revisited figurative paintings as her perspective of expression. For Kiefer, the human body inspires mythical and visceral themes.
Edna St. Vincent Millay says in one of her sonnets, “Euclid alone has looked on beauty bare.” Not at all “bare” my earliest geometric abstracts were quite expressive, clothed with loosely defined edges, lots of texture and bold color. That approach has evolved to clean, hard edges and bold shapes that prioritize the power of simplicity.
While I enjoy the challenge of creating compelling paintings with a restricted image vocabulary, it is the idea of geometric shapes as unique to human thought that intrigues me. While Josef Albers and Piet Mondrian paid homage to the square and right angles, the circle, symbol of perfection and abstract representation of the sun and earth, is often my shape of choice.
By simplifying and idealizing the shapes we see in our world, my geometric abstract paintings offer clarity and a meditatively calm kind of beauty.to
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Artist: Susan Kiefer
Goddess (figurative, pregnant, life drawing, black and white, mirror)
By Susan Kiefer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer
Goddess
Charcoal, pastel and reflective mylar on paper
Year: 2000
Size: 30x25x0.35in
Signed, dated and inscribed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1660
Framed drawing o...
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2010s Contemporary Susan Kiefer Portrait Paintings
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Mylar, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Yin Yang (woodcut, hand-pulled print, black and white, figurative, patterned BG)
By Susan Kiefer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer
Yin Yang
Woodcut on paper
Year: 1990
Size: 33x23x0.35in
Signed, dated and inscribed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1661
Framed artist proof woodcut print of male and...
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1990s Feminist Susan Kiefer Portrait Paintings
Materials
Woodcut
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