Collection: Charlotte Kessler

Charlotte began painting cathartically in childhood and was drawn to the natural world, sensing its powerful impact on her energetic and emotional wellbeing. This early connection evolved into a deeper interest in the capacity of art and movement to express, mediate and explore the human condition, later leading her to train and work as an art therapist. Through developing a greater understanding of her sensitivity and her body’s sensual response to environment, she began weaving inner and outer perception, and the ‘more than human world’, into her paintings.

Her work is influenced by the decorative and evocative qualities of Klimt, the compositions of Chagall, the dreamlike paintings of Odilon Redon and the surreal structures of M.C. Escher, alongside the poetic, sacred and philosophical writings of John O’Donohue, Rilke, Hafiz and Kabir. Charlotte’s practice explores the human capacity for joy, awe and wonder, how these states are experienced through perception, and the healing potential within the human laboratory.