Waldemar Kolbusz

Since Waldemar Kolbusz embarked on his journey through the Arizona and Nevada desert in 1997 searching for something, his first solo exhibition Freeway has developed into a vast and developing practice – signalling the start of the artist’s commitment to painting. Before that there was work in studios in Provence and Portugal, conversations with a sculptor in New York and a lifelong spirited artistic fascination. Now there is also a return to figurative works and a widening of thinking. Kolbusz is a weaver of moods, his yarn a palette of hues. Kolbusz’s artworks truly seduce the viewer. His large canvases in oils combine rich colours which are often butted against deep dark stained backdrops. By using combinations of translucent colour and wax encaustic swipes of impasto texture, he achieves canvases busting for attention. Figurative works tease with images of perfection, but then something else