Agnes Grochulska Line and Color - Paintings of People CATALOG

Catalog from an exhibition of new work by Agnes Grochulska which opens May 17 at Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA. In her new show “Line and Color. Paintings of People” Agnes Grochulska focuses on what is the most essential in the way she sees and interprets ideas in her art - the use of line and color: this time applied exclusively to the human subject. For this painting series, the artist has invited several people to model for her who in some special way struck her as interesting subjects to portray. Each of the portraits has an underlying idea that expresses either the subjects character, an inner emotion, or a particular feature - something unique that initially drew the artist’s interest. Employing simplified composition and using expressive, gestural lines and bold colors, her intention is to reveal something visceral and true about the subject, and connect it to a larger and more significant message about human existence, rather than creating a close recording of a physical likeness.