Keep Looking Up, Abstract Painting
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Agata KijankaKeep Looking Up, Abstract Painting2019
2019
About the Item
Artist Comments
"Keep Looking Up was created and named in a spirit of joy and optimism, celebrating blue, high desert skies and colorful clouds on a summer day," says Agata. She first applied an acrylic underpainting to create subtle texture, then painted in layers of oil and cold wax using brayers. Agata went back over the work with solvent, revealing underlying layers and colors. Deep shades of blue and a bright accent in coral build visual interest and contrast. The sides are painted a dark chocolate color.
About the Artist
Artist Agata Kijanka creates sensually textured abstract paintings. Working from visual and emotional memory and imagination, Agata builds each artwork in layers - applying paint with scrapers and brayers, transferring paint from other surfaces, and removing paint with solvent and blades. One of the defining moments for Agata as an artist was when she moved alone to Santa Fe from Seattle in 2008. As she explains, it was "a beautiful place that I love with its rich art related history, plentiful galleries, and inspiring landscapes. I anticipated staying for 6 months but I ended up staying for 4 years." She continued her artistic journey to Sedona, AZ and now lives in Albuquerque where she works from her home studio. Putting down roots in the southwest has influenced Agata's work, especially time in the desert, the sunshine and open skies. When she's not painting, Agata enjoys cooking, gardening in her desert yard, and talking endlessly to her rescue dog.
Words that describe this painting: abstract, abstract, non-representational, mixed media artwork, blue
Keep Looking Up
Agata Kijanka
Oil paint, cold wax, oil stick, solvent on wood
Finished edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2019
24 in. h x 12 in. w x 1.75 in. d
3 lbs. 0 oz.
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- Creation Year:2019
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)
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- Condition:Keep Looking Up. Agata Kijanka. Oil paint, cold wax, oil stick, solvent on wood. Finished edges. Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on back.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 670491stDibs: LU92216670362
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