K HARTMANN

K Hartmann is a painter working primarily in oils and watercolors. Trained in oil techniques of the old masters, she builds many layers of complimentary color in her oil work and creates depth to an otherwise flat color field. Employing watercolors as a means to simplify forms and value, she focuses on brushwork with expediency, thereby preventing overworked surfaces. Her watercolors are award-winning pieces in themselves, but are very much used as studies and source material for her larger oils. Two dimensional design and composition are also of great importance in the execution of all of K’s work.

K was born and raised in Lancaster Pa, Amish country, and spent most of her childhood outside. Drawing and painting was her passion as she grew up in the public school art room. K later earned a BFA in ART with a double major in drawing and painting from Carnegie-Mellon University. In the heyday of abstract expressionism and a male-dominated art world, K was a young woman painter who persevered with quiet grace believing ART should stand the test of time and simply be beautiful. “I have always been a realist who paints realism, observing natural beauty and universal human themes that transcend time, both of which are intrinsically worth our attention.”

K exhibits primarily in New England and NY where she operated a studio gallery for many years. Residing now in coastal New England, K’s original watercolors and oils are acquired by numerous private collectors who still enjoy naturalism.