KATE WENDT
The Art of Placement
As an interior designer, I’ve always finished projects by placing artwork—because the right painting does more than decorate. It adds visual interest, anchors furniture groupings, and ties color and style together, while reflecting personal taste. Below are examples showing how my paintings look in real room settings to inspire placement, scale, and color choices. I hope they spark ideas for your space.
Whatever Lola Wants1-3
Acrylic 22 x 30
Inspired by the sensual power of nuevo tango, Whatever Lola Wants pulses with energy, tension, and emotional complexity. This abstract composition evokes the intimate dialogue between partners — a dance of push and pull, control and surrender. Layers of color twist and collide like bodies in motion, each gesture charged with intent. There’s rhythm in the brushwork, a seductive undercurrent in the composition, and a bold confidence in its presence — much like Lola herself: irresistible, unrelenting, and always in command.
Este Amor
Acrylic & Gold Leaf 24 x 36
Part of a series inspired by the passion and complexity of Argentine Tango, Este Amor evokes the deep connection between two dancers as they move in unspoken dialogue. Layers of teal blue ripple across the canvas, fluid and rhythmic, while delicate gold leaf traces a subtle impression of intertwined figures—suggesting embrace, trust, and shared breath. The forms emerge and dissolve within the motion, capturing the essence of tango: a dance where every pause is charged and every step, a response. This painting is a meditation on movement as language, and love as choreography.