ELZBIETA KRAWECKA
Elzbieta Krawecka is a Polish born artist who pursues international travel and world cultures to inspire her painting style.
She has mastered some of the old European painting techniques in combination with her own personal interpretation of the transient nature of light. She uses thick and opaque paint that is often applied with a palette knife, and then followed by translucent glazes of thinner washes. Her paintings often depict large areas and open spaces, such as skies and surfaces defined by pattern formations. She is also recognised by her ongoing series of door studies which show the timely resistance to change, but at the same time, like the skies, refer to a universal space of collective memory.
At a young age, Krawecka moved from Krakow with her family to Kuwait on the Persian Gulf. Her parents worked as architects in Kuwait for nine years. Krawecka continues to be a frequent and experienced international traveler. Her most recent explorations however, include the western coast of Canada, Yukon and Alaska.
She received her formal training at the Ontario College of Art and design (OCAD) between 1989-1994, and she participated in OCAD's off-campus program in Florence, Italy between 1992-1993.
Krawecka has exhibited her work throughout Canada since 1997. Her distinctions include, numerous artist residencies at the Pouch Cove Foundation and 1st and 2nd prize at the Ontario Society of Artists Juried shows in Toronto in 2003 and 2002.
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