This work sprung from fantasy, but I have woven into it several elements inspired by paintings by Gustav Klimt.
Personally, I would have this work printed on brushed aluminum. Format is 2:3.
Klimt's work was influenced by decorative, aesthetic, Japanese and symbolist art. In his time, the Pre-Raphaelites were very popular, artists who were fond of models with long red locks. Hence, I enjoyed depicting the woman at work with chestnut red hair.
Like many models who posed for Klimt, this lady seems to have entered a kind of dream world. She is looking at a stylized apple tree in the distance that probably no one will ever encounter in real nature. Klimt, too, painted similar apple trees in the early 1900s, not reproducing nature but reconstructing it.
The dress worn by Redken is clearly borrowed from Adele Bloch-Bauer I, also called "Golden Adele". She may also have ordered it on the Internet, because I saw recently that you can order dresses printed with the patterns you also see on this work in several web shops. Be that as it may, I continue to love it!
Karen Nijst has lived in and near her beloved hometown of Maastricht for many years. She currently works as a web developer (Kahlo Websites in Hapert, Brabant) and is responsible for both programming and graphic design . The latter has undoubtedly influenced some of the drawings you can see.. Read more…