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"There has always been a desire within me to be creative, whether I was painting or designing a logo or corporate image." Renate earned a Bachelor of Science degree in arts and graphic design from Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri. After a long career in commercial art, she decided to fulfill her dream and devote more time to her paintings, focusing on both regional and international subject matter and allowing herself to appeal to a diverse audience. Her style came from her graphic arts background.
Paulskirche, Modern skyline, Catherdral Frankfurt, Germany
Her medium includes pastels, watercolor, acrylic, pen and ink. Color, whether brilliant or subtle, is the element that drives her to create. Her work reflects nature in natural and abstract forms where she experiments with surface quality in color relationships and simplifying reality to slight abstract forms. All works make an open statement to the viewer. Her work has received numerous awards in many juried and invitational exhibits, local and regional. Primarily, she now does commissioned paintings for private collections in the United States and Germany. Currently her work is represented by Fresh Ayers-Too Gallery, Hannibal, Missouri, at the Columbia Art League Gallery, and in local businesses in Columbia, Missouri. |
Born
and raised in Frankfurt, Germany, Renate now lives in Columbia,
Missouri where she maintains her studio.
"I always loved the feel of paper, and choosing to paint on
paper rather than canvas was consequently an obvious decision."
Working two-dimensionally, she strives to create a representational
quality in her work.