Anne Kauff
Biography
Anne Kauff is an oil painter living in the Chicago area who left a successful career in interior design to pursue a passion for making art. An award winning plein air painter, she loves the adrenaline rush of painting outdoors facing changing light and weather conditions. Over the last 10 years the lessons learned painting outdoors have made their way into the studio to become a body of work that references the rural landscape. Kauff’s process involves photographing farms throughout the Midwest, as well as working from imagination and memory. Barns, outbuildings, tilled fields, and open sky have become subject matter as well as inspiration in a series she calls Barnscapes. These midsize paintings in a square or slightly out of square format are not concerned with documentation, but rather explore an emotional response to her subject.
In addition to her studio practice, Kauff executes commissions and teaches. Her work can be found in many public and private collections.
Anne Kauff is an oil painter living in the Chicago area who left a successful career in interior design to pursue a passion for making art. An award winning plein air painter, she loves the adrenaline rush of painting outdoors facing changing light and weather conditions. Over the last 10 years the lessons learned painting outdoors have made their way into the studio to become a body of work that references the rural landscape. Kauff’s process involves photographing farms throughout the Midwest, as well as working from imagination and memory. Barns, outbuildings, tilled fields, and open sky have become subject matter as well as inspiration in a series she calls Barnscapes. These midsize paintings in a square or slightly out of square format are not concerned with documentation, but rather explore an emotional response to her subject.
In addition to her studio practice, Kauff executes commissions and teaches. Her work can be found in many public and private collections.