ARTIST STATEMENT
Recently I began a series that builds on and extends work begun a number of years earlier. Art produced with layers of asemic writing and text on vellum sheets. These images lean toward abstraction. As my art continues on this path a revelation occurred. Color permits me to express more emotion, depth and vitality. I continue to work on paper, velum, cradle boards and canvas to uphold and enhance my vision; though my most recent work is produced in layers of ink, leaf and acrylic. My intention is for the abstractions to build a path for a viewer to find their own journey, their own space, place in the art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Pauline Kochanski is a Chicago area multi disciplinary artist, writer, independent curator, a lover of words and more. She is compelled to follow ideas that arise, be it family and ancestors, nature, objects that trigger memories. Pauline is transported by her encounters with the world, all of the present, past and possible futures. For Ms. Kochanski there is a moment for an audience, while reading, watching a play, looking at art, when these readers, listeners, viewers are transported by the artist it becomes an interaction, a dialogue between the work and the participant. Ms. Kochanski is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and DePaul University. She has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally. While her art work is in private collections she continues to make it available to all. Her writing has been published in journals, anthologies and on-line. Pauline has won awards for both her visual and written art.
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