Wanda Loskot – Loska Studio | Vivid Color & Hard Edge Abstract

197.000 Light Years Away

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Wanda Loskot

"197.000 Light Years Away" I didn’t write lately because I’m getting ready for three different shows. Need to prepare five new paintings. And I can bet you know how it is – when we work on schedule everything takes longer than expected. So, much more work than I planned and the submission date is already a week from today.

I am not complaining because I love every second of this madness. Evidently, this is my true passion. But time is at premium, so not enough time to write.

I can show you already the triptych I will submit to the show titled “Wide Open Spaces”.
Still working on it, a lot needs to be done before this is ready, but on photo it looks OK.

It is called “197.000 Light Years Away”.
Each piece is 18×24”. Very small by my standards 🙂

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Just finished my new painting…

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Wanda Loskot

As my other paintings it is acrylic on canvas.
The size is 24″x36″

I thought it will take me a week to finish, but it took much longer. Way longer – almost four weeks. All those squares in squares and circles in circles, 231 little elements, it takes a lot of work to make the hard lines look so crisp, very tedious work. But I loved every single minute of the process.

Not sure yet how to name it.
Do you have any idea?

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So, this is the Loska Studio…

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Wanda Loskot

I am always interested in the so called ”behind the scenes”.
So, if you are like me – here is the peek behind my curtain. On the easel is the painting I’m still working on, it is almost finished.

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Jan Lenica – Polish graphic designer and cartoonist

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Wanda Loskot

One of my greatest art inspirations since my teenager years was, and still is, Jan Lenica. He was known as the art critic and major artist of the Polish poster school, set and theatre-costume designer, children’s book illustrator, postage stamp designer, and even a movie director.

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At 105 Herrera is continuing to work

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Wanda Loskot

Just discovered Carmen Herrera via Netflix documentary. Wow! Love love LOVE her paintings, colors, shapes, everything feels like me. She says that painting flowers, nature, people etc. doesn’t interest her. Just shapes. And color. I feel the same.

But wait, there is more.

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Painter’s salad for lunch

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Wanda Loskot

One of the reasons I fell in love with painting is that it makes me lose weight. Seriously. When I paint I’m so consumed by the whole process that I forget about eating. From time to time my brain sends me a signal “hey, I’m hungry”, but I say to myself, ok, I will go to eat something after I finish painting this square or after I use this this purple that mixed so lovely…

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Sunsets of The Gulf Coast

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Wanda Loskot

One of the most famous things we have in Sarasota is our sunsets. Because the Gulf Coast is facing the West, we have those mesmerizing views of sun disappearing behind the horizon of Gulf of Mexico.

Every sunset is different and the colors are sometimes truly incredible. It is not unusual to see deep purple next to emerald green. Seriously. Emerald green on the sky.

And I’m lucky enough to have a great view of those fabulous sunsets from lanai. Even though there is a narrow island between me and the sea – the famous Siesta Key with even more famous Siesta Beach – the sunsets are incredible.

The pinks and purples on this photo are incredible, don’t you agree?
And the sparkling blue eyes of my cat Domino 🙂

I love this sunset sky so much that this color combination will be one of my next paintings. To make sure that I won’t forget, just made a rough sketch made with acrylic pens to hang on the board in my studio…

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Color Study by Vassily Kandinsky

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Wanda Loskot

One of my great inspiration is Vassily Kandinsky. It is so cool that even though the official style of hard edge painting (which is my preferred style) started in the US, one of the fathers of abstract art was this guy from Russia.

Who would think?

I was raised in Poland and some of my ancestors were also from Russia. Of course we are not related, but somehow I feel good about this regional connection. Good enough to say that squares are in my blood 🙂

I fell in love with Kandinsky’s squares so much, that it inspired my new painting, which will look like this…

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My first art show – and my first sale

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Wanda Loskot

That first art show was quite an experience. I decided to show my painting just to get some feedback, didn’t expect much, after all I was showing my second painting I have ever created. OK, technically it was a fourth painting, because the first one was a triptych, so we may count it perhaps as three pieces.

Nevertheless, I was there just to see if what I am doing is on some level comparable in quality to what other painters are doing. I was pleasantly surprised when during the submission I received a lot of compliments, but I thought they do compliment everyone’s work, just to be polite. However I got seriously surprised when I learned next day that the organizers liked my work so much that they decided to display one of my paintings in the prime spot, right at the entry.

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New painting for the art show

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Wanda Loskot

I named this painting “Sarasota Sunset” and created it specially for the Pelican Cove Art Show. It measures 24×36 inches and took me three weeks from start to finish.

I documented the progress…