Purchasing
Artwork value is consistent at all sales and exhibit locations. Values are calculated with an industry acceptable methodology using a formula based on the height and width of the image.
Materials
Stephanie offers original fine art in paint and etching ink on paper, archival panel, or linen. She doesn't offer licensed images, reproductions, NFTs, or giclee prints. She uses professional grade, light-fast mediums, paints, and etching inks from high quality producers. Artworks prepared for exhibit are professionally framed with UV protective, low-glare glass or protected with cold wax medium or varnish. Monotypes are identified with the traditional "1/1" that documents a unique image produced through the printmaking process. All artwork is affixed with her original signature.
Copyright
Stephanie Kossmann retains the copyrights to her artwork and all images thereof. Collectors are encouraged to photograph their artwork for insurance or estate planning purposes. Please contact Stephanie to request permission prior to using images for any other purposes.
What People are Saying about the Artwork
"These are, quite simply, gorgeous works that evoke edges, borders, and the complexity of visual systems. The refusal of representation is matched by a suggestion of form and figure in each one of the works. Trauma and survival undergird the tensions in each composition. Foreground, background, horizontally and vertically, the muted frenzy of colors, all create a dissonant dialogue that speaks about working through, acknowledging, wrestling with, and moving on without a need to enclose. The lack of enclosure, either in a signifying system, a "style," or a set of historically determined forms, is an act of generosity and liberation." - Vermont College of Fine Arts.
"Thank you for daring to create something so unlike the rest of your work, it feels incredibly special to see that you captured me, as you say with a combination of precision and softness. I know it is abstract, but I felt beautiful and seen. I could trace those thin black lines, those lifelines, as I am calling them, over and over. Your words bolstered me as I prepared for my hearing, strong like a spider's web, but balanced with a soft finish. I am so grateful to you and the work you have done to help me, and so many on their path to healing. That softness is something new and precious to me, so the reminder in my painting will be with me always. The timing of it all, on top of everything, couldn't have been better. It feels like such an incredible gift to see where I started and where I am now, captured in my portrait." - Living Space: Portraits through Appreciative Inquiry participant.
"... [I] was most agreeably surprised by your luminous and serene Sunshine Woman. Congratulations on distilling all that beauty." - Living Space: Portraits through Appreciative Inquiry exhibit visitor.
"I am so grateful for this work and I am so excited to see my finished portrait. Your email brought tears as I had a massive breakthrough in therapy... and I hadn't been able to fully feel the weight of this shift and release it until now. Your art is a gift that continues to find me when I need it most. Thank you." Living Space: Portraits through Appreciative Inquiry participant.
"Your work was a real impetus for my own development and acceptance. I am grateful for you." - Living Space: Portraits through Appreciative Inquiry participant.
"Your work was a real impetus for my own development and acceptance. I am grateful for you." - Living Space: Portraits through Appreciative Inquiry participant.