Vivian Kahra

Vivian Kahra's paintings feature figures in motion, underlining the idea that the world is in constant movement, shifting, swaying and recalibrating. Figures are drawn in activities favored by the artist—rowing, skateboarding, skiing, or sometimes standing still in contemplation. Kahra, an avid athlete, moves through her small town of Nyack, NY on foot, by bike or in her kayak on the Hudson River. Vivian renders her seductive, lyrical paintings with her unique mixture of oil paint and watercolor, applied with careful deliberation in subtle hues of green, off white and blue. With their softness and feathery quality, her paintings seem to offer dreamscapes of memory recalled, rather than landscape renderings. Vivian was born in Braunschweig, Germany and studied painting and drawing at the Hochschule fuer bildende Kuenste, Braunschweig and Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel, Germany. In 2004 she received her Diploma in Painting from Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel. She lives in Nyack, NY.

Submitted by Susan Eley Fine Art