Painting > BFA Portfolio Samples

The first smart phones had just been released. I was exploring how the patterns of body language communication were shifting as we adjusted to having social media content available at the tips of our fingers for the first time in history. I used the setting of cafes and coffee houses as a backdrop to show how the contrast of social behavior patterns had shifted with the introduction of smart phones.

seperate social interactions in a common physical space
oil on canvas
30in x 40in
2011
man ruminating over coffee
oil on canvas
30in x 28in
2011
a painting about having a cellular phone chat in a coffee house
oil on canvas
28" x 42"
2011
Knutsen explains that social media can sometimes distract us from even the obvious
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28in x 24in
2011
two types of reaction
oil on canvas
2011
Knutsen is talking about the body language patterns in the way people physically engage conversation
oil on canvas
36in x 30in
2011
painting of a person mentally seperated from the physical space around him
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30in x 16in
2011
Knutsen plays with scale and the painterly figure and gestures
oil on canvas
2011