Our Featured Artist of the Day is Alice Husak!

Our Featured Artist of the Day is Alice Husak!

Alice Husak received her BA from Virginia Tech and her MS from Virginia Commonwealth University. She currently resides in Richmond, Virginia.

"Painting backwards is always an adventure!", ex...plains Alice, who creates reverse glass paintings. Her work in our "Undiscovered." Show are mixed media pieces, painted on old windows from the Richmond area. Alice has been creating this series, "Looking Glass", since 2007. "Four years ago, I began experimenting with light and mixing my own kinechromatic pigments, which bring out three-dimensional qualities when the surface of the glass is exposed to light", says Husak. This style of painting has a very high difficulty level, because the artist is unable to see exactly what the image will look like on the other side. Alice explains, "I (quite literally) travel through the Looking Glass, creating a scene on one side and viewing it by turning it over, looking through the glass at the completed image".

In her process, Alice uses a layering technique which reflects natural light, causing her piece to change in perspective. Alice explains, "In my process, light and points of exposure are of equal importance as the paint and colors used. The surface of the glass lends depth to interference pigments, causing elements in the picture to change color, appear and disappear as both the angle of viewing and the angle of illumination change".

Visit Gallery Flux today to see Alice Husak's work in our "Undiscovered." Show! You will be attracted by the luminescent qualities of her work and the great contrast between light and dark. Don't miss your chance to see this work! We are open until 5:00pm today! Visit our website to see more work by Featured Artists, Alice Husak.

 "The Whale Watchers"

Mixed media Reverse Glass Painting

36 x 40 x 2 in

$ 1,500.00