Lynn Rybicki: Cosmic Manifesto
Rosenberg Gallery
Lynn Rybicki: Cosmic Manifesto
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According to Lynn Rybicki, across the universe and to the furthest reaches of space, you will find life breathing, light living, souls soaring, and colors roaring. This cosmic dance creates a spring of feeling, an ocean of emotion that Rybicki hopes to express in her work.
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Rybicki uses bright, clear colors to awaken the spirit and lead it toward bliss and abstract images to convey the more cosmic side of life. She often begins her paintings with bold gestures and broad strokes of acrylic paint applied in washes. These fade and bleed into each other, dripping down the canvas. As the washes dry, shapes and tones reveal themselves, suggesting directions for the piece.
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Rybicki responds to the painting’s suggestions, but avoids objects and narratives of everyday life, instead focusing on abstracted landscapes and natural forms. She believes landscape is the holy sanctuary of the earth—wild, free, and elemental, much like the nature of man.
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With Cosmic Manifesto, Rybicki hopes to persuade her viewers to think about depth and to consider what may lie beneath the surface of life.
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Cover Becoming, 2011 Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 24”
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Abstract Expression, 2010 Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”
Illuminance, 2007 Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”
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Intermezzo, 2011 Acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”
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Earthly Delights, 2009 Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”
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Sanguine, 2010 Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”
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J ewel, 2010 Acrylic on canvas, 40” x 30”
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orokobi, 2011 Y Acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”
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Bliss, 2010 Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”
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Underworld, 2011 Acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”
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Excavating, 2011 Acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”
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Northern Lights, 2009 Acrylic on canvas, 40” x 30”
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Rock Formation, 2011 Acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”
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Lynn Rybicki: Cosmic Manifesto January 24 – March 4, 2012 artist Reception
Friday, March 2, 2012, 6-8 p.m.
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