Flowers & Fruits 1 - Oil on Canvas 24'' x 20''

Hanna Vater’s paintings explore nature’s inexhaustible mystery and beauty. For her, it is a never ending exploration, as using the harmony of a painting to navigate the chaos of nature creates more questions than answers.

Most interested in quietness and incidental inspiration, Vater focuses on small details when she paints. She uses subdued colors and soft painterly gestures, relying on the richness of light and shadow to give her paintings their dramatic undertones. Everyday objects serve as building the blocks for Vater’s still lifes, and these building blocks allow her to reach for something more profound. Each object has its own inherent identity, and these inherencies metaphorically allude to a larger, natural rhythm. The details, observations, and parts that come together to form the whole of Vater’s paintings ultimately point to the world’s comprehensive encompassing of every small gesture.

Originally from Riga, Latvia, Hanna Vater received her Masters in Painting from the Latvian Academy of Art. She currently lives and works in Seattle, Washington.

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