Tom knechtel biography

“My new paintings chronicle the process of losing someone we love. But contrary to the usual idea that grief is conveyed through darkness and silence, these paintings are often made with bright colors, portraying a world that is alive and vibrant.

Perhaps that is how we reconcile ourselves to loss, understanding that, as Patti Smith observed, losing people we love is part of the human gift.

This body of work is titled Drawn After Life. In these paintings, the artist is often shown drawing, trying to record the one he loves before he has vanished, the tools and objects of his studio surrounding him in many of the paintings.

Tom knechtel biography wikipedia

The drawings he makes are always different. The artist’s job to embody experience never stops, even in the worst of times.”