CLAP

Australian-born, New York-based painter Christina Zimpel has produced CLAP, a series of hand-embellished prints. 

Nodding to the great post-impressionists like Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Zimpel’s vivid paintings capture characters in fleeting expressions drawn from daily observations. Imbued with a playful sense of presence and connection, CLAP reflects Zimpel’s interest in exploring the “movement of the body, and the transparency and opaqueness of clothing, and varying expressions of femininity,” capturing what she describes as “a moment of truth” through the work’s precise and bold composition. With color playing a central role in her process, she often begins with fluorescent pink gouache before layering in hues left over from previous paintings.