Fine Art
Commissions
Lenticulars
Textiles
To
create
a
series
of
three
murals
for
an
interior
hall
at
a
leading
furniture
design
company,
Seattle
artist,
Karin
Schminke,
wanted
to
bring
the
outdoors
into
the
office
environment.
As
the
finished
art
was
to
be
90''
to
100" wide,
she
set
out
to
break
up
the
image
so
that
it
would
contain
areas
of
flat
space
next
to
areas
with
the
illusion
of
deep
space.
The
triptych,
or
three
panel
format,
was
chosen
to
accommodate
this
approach.
Working
from
her
original
photographs,
Schminke
chose
images
for
their
pictorial
as
well
as
graphic
qualities.
Other
elements
were
chosen
for
their
abstract
qualities
to
contribute
an
ambiguity
to
the
piece,
allowing
for
new
discoveries
for
those
who
will
see
the
work
over
an
extended
period
of
time.
In
the
finished
works,
layers
of
forests,
textures
and
colors
combine
to
create
an
abstracted,
flattened
space
in
the
outer
panels
of
the
triptych.
In
the
center
panel
of
each
triptych,
fields,
lakes
or
streams
are
presented
to
create
a
sense
of
deep
three-dimensional
space,
creating
an
illusion
of
depth
and
expanded
space
within
the
hallways.
At
the
top
edge
a
rectangle
of
sky
helps
integrate
the
three
panels
and
further
suggests
the
opening
up
of
space.
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Digital Atelier is a registered trademark of Dorothy Simpson Krause, Bonny Lhotka and Karin Schminke. All images copyright of the artists.