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THE EQUIPMENT
The highest quality artist aquarelle paints and 300 lb. cotton rag watercolor paper canvas are used in the creation of your original watercolor painting. The highest quality artist oil paint and stretched canvas are used in the creation of your original oil painting. The best quality artist acrylic paint is used in the creation of your custom-designed hand-painted original wall mural.
THE FRAMING
The quality of materials used in creating your frame affect both its appearance and the longevity of your painting. Our museum quality framing features "conservation quality" matting and backing that meets stringent Library of Congress standards for document preservation. The museum quality matboard is lignin-free, featuring a pure white bevel that will not discolor over time. We also use archival mounting materials.
THE PAINTING
With every painting I create, I strive
to satisfy the eye with form, the
mind with purpose and
the soul with
imagination.
GLOSSARY OF ART TERMS:
Acid Free - Acid free refers to papers without acid (pH) in the pulp when manufactured. High acidity papers degrade quickly. My watercolor paintings and portraits are all done on acid free papers and framed using acid free mats and acid free foam core backing material.
Acrylic Paint - A synthetic-base paint. Its working properties are similar to oil paint, although acrylic dries more quickly and is water soluble. I use acrylic paint for most of my wall murals.
Aquarelle - The French term for the process and product of painting in transparent watercolor. I never use white paint in my aquarelle paintings, allowing the white of the paper to lighten color tones.
Archival Paper - Archival watercolor paper is any pure 100% rag, cotton, or linen watercolor paper of neutral or slightly low ph, alkaline (base) vs. acidic and pure ingredients. I use only archival paper for my watercolor paintings.
Canvas Print - A reproduction in which an image is printed directly onto canvas. These prints can be produced using offset lithography, digital printing or other methods.
Carving - A type of sculpture using various techniques of cutting, abrading or otherwise wearing the surface of a material to shape it into a particular form. Among the materials appropriate for carving include wood, sandstone, soap, plastic and wax. Visit my dad's hand-carved cookie molds in the estate sale section of this site.
Cast - To form a three-dimensional sculpture by pouring a molten or liquid material into a mold. The term is also used to refer to a work created by this means. There are many pieces of cast art for sale in the Pewter, Brass, Bronze, Cast Iron gallery of the estate sale section of this site.
Ceramics - The art making of objects of clay and firing them in a kiln to a permanent form. Wares of earthenware and porcelain, as well as sculpture are made by ceramists. Ceramics are often decorated with glazes and fired again to fuse the glazes to the clay. We have many ceramic pieces for sale in our collector plates gallery, our German Beer Steins gallery and our collector ashtrays gallery in the estate sale section of our site.
Commission - To order an original work from an artist. We welcome your inquiries into the commission of an original painting.
Conservation Framing - Methods of mounting and framing that preserve a print in original mint condition. One important aspect of conservation framing is that all material in actual contact with the print contains no chemicals that might eventually damage the paper or the inked image: these materials are usually described as "acid-free".
Contemporary Art - Artworks created in our own time. All of the art contained in gallery 1 through Gallery 24 has been created by me, Hanne Lore Koehler. The artwork in gallery 25 and gallery29 was created by my dad, Otto Werner (1923 - 1991).
Gallery Wrap - Also called a Museum Wrap. The canvas is attached to the stretcher bars by wrapping the canvas around the bars and attaching from behind. The image of the artwork continues around the sides seamlessly, giving a clean, contemporary look, allowing the artwork to be hung without a frame. My oil painting called Inspiration is among those painted on gallery wrapped canvas.
Landscape - A painting in which the subject matter is natural scenery. This site includes a winter landscape gallery, a spring landscape gallery, a summer landscape gallery and an autumn landscape gallery.
Matting - Decorative board used in framing that provides contrast between the image and the moulding. Most matting is acid-free and is an important part of the conservation framing technique. All of my original watercolor paintings and art prints are framed with acid free matting to museum quality standards.
Medallion - Cast-metal medallions sometimes are issued in conjunction with the publication of prints, especially stamp prints. Design of the medallion artwork usually duplicates some portion of the print. Such medallions can be gold-plated, silver, bronze or even pewter. We have a few bronze medallions and pewter medallions for sale as part of our family estate sale
in gallery 32.
Oil Paint - Paint made of pigment mixed with oil usually linseed. The oil serves to keep the paint fluid for a period of time and then as a drying and hardening agent. Appassionato is an oil painting.
Original Painting - A one-of-a-kind image created by an artist that often sells for several thousands of dollars. Many of my Original paintings have been sold; however, art prints of these images are available and if you would like to order an original painting please contact me.
Original Prints - Prints, such as serigraphs or original lithographs, that are created without the use of photography. They are original because every print in an edition is created directly by the artist and may vary slightly from the other prints in the edition.
Plein Air - Means "Open Air" or "Outdoors". Often done quickly or on the spot. These paintings are usually less detailed and more impressionistic. Fall Color is one of my Plein Air watercolors.
Poster - A reproduction that is usually printed in unlimited quantities with a lower grade of paper and inks than limited- or open-edition prints.
Rag Paper - Paper containing a certain proportion of cotton fiber in its physical structure used for prints. The higher the cotton contents the higher quality the paper. All of my original watercolor paintings are painted on 100% cotton rag paper.
Relief - The apparent or actual projection of three-dimensional forms. We have a good example of relief bronze cast art, a plaster relief painting, relief beer stein and wooden relief carvings.
Reproduction - An original work of art that has been replicated by photographic or other methods. Art print reproductions of my original paintings are available to order at a fraction of the cost of the original piece. Just click on the smaller image below an enlarged image for imformation about the art prints.
Sculpture - A three dimensional work of art. Such works may be carved, molded, constructed or cast. We have a few sculptures for sale in our family estate sale.
Shipping - Prices for shipping vary based on your location and the weight and size of the parcel (shipped framed or rolled in a tube makes a difference) and shipping method.
Sketch - A rough or loose visualization of a subject or composition. Please see examples of an ink sketch and a preliminary watercolor sketch for a proposed acrylic wall mural.
Still Life - Any work whose subject matter is inanimate objects. My still life paintings have been categorized into four different galleries: feminine still life, masculine still life, garden still life and musical instrument still life.
Study - A comprehensive drawing of a subject or details of a subject that can be used for reference while painting. This study of Michelangelo's Pieta is part of our family estate sale and can be purchased from gallery25.
Thumbnail Sketch - Small tonal and compositional sketches to try out design or subject ideas.
Tone - The light and dark values of a color.
Trompe L´oeil - (Tromp´- loy) A French term meaning "deception of the eye." It is applied to painting so photographically realistic that it may fool the viewer into thinking that the objects or scene represented are real rather than painted. As an example please visit my Trompe L´oeil mural at Sylva's Bakery.
Vignette - A painting which is shaded off around the edges leaving a pleasing shape within a border of white or color. Oval or broken vignettes are very common as paintings as well as murals. My Paris wall mural is an example of a vignette.
Wash - Used in watercolor painting, brush drawing, and occasionally in oil painting to describe a broad thin layer of diluted pigment or ink. Also refers to a drawing made in this technique. My Stowe Valley Farm painting is one of many watercolor paintings in which I used this technoque.
Watercolor - Pigments dissolved in water. Watercolor painting is typically done on relatively rough-surfaced, absorbent paper. I always use good quality professional grade watercolor pigments for my paintings. The student quality is grainy and less vibrant in comparison.
Wet-on-Wet- The technique of painting wet color into a wet surface. (paper saturated). I typically use this technique when painting the backgrounds of my paintings and contrast this by emplying a dry-brush technique on the subjects of my paintings.
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