Project Description
ELENA ZOLONITSKY | About
‘#eatpraylovepaint’ at Bryant Street Gallery shows off painter’s broad range
Bryant Street Gallery features Elena Zolotnitsky
Artist Statement
I paint archetypes. When a chair isn’t really a chair, a flower isn’t really a rose, and a face isn’t really a portrait. Since the painting itself is the main subject – it is my main focus. I am left with surface, time, space and my own emotion. It is already too much to handle. In order to make my point across I simplify everything else. In the finished work I strive for physical, as well as emotional depth in the layers of paint. At the same time being cautious not to “overdo” them. I prefer my paintings “breathing”, with a lacuna of space here and there. They are in transition, they are all becoming, just like myself.