Monica Stroik

Open Sunday, #22

Mammatus
Oil on panel

I am a mixed media artist but work predominately in oils on panel. I am inspired by nature, architectural spaces, and meta cognition: Having explored a variety of media throughout my life, including silversmithing, batik, and fashion, I currently focuses on painting and video. I work through the process of series, creating bodies of work that are ignited by ideas. I use drawings, collages, personal photography, writing, and travel as the inspiration for my artwork. Within the medium of painting I explore the use of color and the contrasting elements of line, shape, and movement and will incorporate the use of the wood panel surface as an integral synthesis of my ideas. Having grown up with a father and two brothers that are all architects, I have always been enveloped by the arrangement of physical spaces and their interaction with light, shadow, and materials.