Kati Braverman

I am Kati Braverman, a 2-D acrylic painter who started her journey by painting portraits of people and animals. I've always employed pointilism as a main element of my style, having been influenced by Impressionistic painters like Georges Seurat and Vincent van Gogh and painting primarily on canvas. However, I have become more enthralled with incorporating texture using pastes and gels to create a more 'vintage' quality to my work, and the amount of texture I use requires a more stable panel than canvas, so I started painting on plywood and birchwood. Then I began to experiment with metallic paint, gold leaf foil, and very fine glitter, thanks to the influence of Gustav Klimpt's ghost, and collage materials, courtesy of National Geographic. I found myself moving away from human and animal portraiture and exploring conceptualization using trees, abstract themes, and music, the latter of which makes perfect sense as I studied music in my youth and am married to a musician who occasionally enjoys "soundtracking" me while I stiple a panel.

The stipling process that I use to create the dots is very satisfying for me; I'm not what one would describe as a patient person; yet, the stipling is very calming for me and helps me to focus on ...

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