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Loretta Kaltenhauser

Artist member since 2023
Pro
Cobourg, Ontario

As a contemporary, award-winning artist, Loretta expresses her visions in a spontaneous and direct fashion. Acrylic paint is layered, subtracted and manipulated using palette knives, brushes and scrapers to synthesize an intricate and distinct tableau. Colors and shapes take on an energy of their own and each layer of texture and color she adds reinterprets her thoughts and emotions. Loretta works with the passion that her motifs, their essence, will stimulate the mind's eye of the observer.

She is originally from Belleville, Ontario, has lived most of her life in Toronto, and now resides in Cobourg, Ontario with her husband John, also a professional artist. Loretta has now been creating full time for the last thirteen years, and in that time has established herself as an accomplished contemporary artist with collectors worldwide. As a self-taught artist, Kaltenhauser is fearless and approaches her work with respect but without ceremony. Her vision seems unclouded, uncluttered. Perhaps it's her open attitude that allows her a certain freedom. Over time, but within her own timelines, Kaltenhauser has embraced her abstract style – a style that exudes life and shimmers with color and textures from the weathered and organic to the sleek and contemporary, and a style that reflects that of an artist who has found her calling.


Work

Abstraction
Abstract Landscapes
Abstract Cityscape

Inside the Studio


Q+A

Everyone should know about

​ I strive to combine the aesthetic feel of ancient and modern using a bold mix of styles, ranging from weathered and organic to sleek and contemporary. ​ Using brushes and palette knives, I create works that are either pure abstraction, or have landscape elements to them. My goal is to fuse colour, mood and texture to engage the mind's eye.

Describe your home in 3 words

Comfortable, quiet and uncluttered.

During my breaks, I tend to ...

Go out to my backyard and enjoy the greenspace behind our home.

Why is art important to you?

It's the one thing that I truly enjoy even in the most challenging moments.

Jays vs. Raptors

Jays baby ~ even though they disappoint me every year !

Favourite medium

I paint with acrylic, as I tend to use multiple layers and this medium dries fast.

Accolades
2023

Photographize Magazine
Featured Artist

2022

Photographize Annual Book
Top 100 Artist

Press
2020

Stella's Studio - Camoes TV
Featured Artist

2020

Watershed Magazine
Featured Artist

Social
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