Stage one of a portrait is a drawing or under-painting of the proposed work.
As a descendant of the Liverpool-based Tate family, painting has been in Klann’s family for generations. Her great uncle James R. Tate kept studios in Toronto and Rockport Mass., frequented The Arts & Letters Club with Canada's Group of Seven and exhibited in Canada and US.
This 36" x 30" portrait was extremely challenging as Klann worked from a small black and white photo within a five week time frame. Many elements such as skin and hair tones, clothing colors and even the family dog were invented.
Klann creates realist and imagined portraits - and often a combination of both. She strives to paint a portrait that speaks; that captures the soul and essence of each figure.
Photo of Klann (right) with her first painting (L) age three, Parkwood Terrace Preschool, New Westminster, BC.