Tsendali, abstract work of Tatjana Krizmanic by Tatjana Krizmanic

In recent years, Tatjana Krizmanic set out on a bold departure from the illustrative and representative into abstraction. Large fields of color woven together by fine, flowing lines across a range of tonalities, from saturated to ashen, may at first surprise those accustomed to her style. But there is a logic at work here, as Krizmanic plumbs the depths of inner, emotional resources in search of different forms through which to express her felt responses to the world. In order to declare a more raw artistic statement, Krizmanic in this work is building a unique vocabulary of form, stroke, density and fluidity, and relationship between objects. The paintings are nascent and exploratory. They capture an artist in the process of evolution.

The body of work shown here and titled Tsendali (inner fire) specifically draws on Krizmanic’s home environement, the vast open landscapes of the southern Colorado as well as the artist’s many years of Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice. In the work one may perceive a landscape or sense inner turbulence, but much is left to interpretation. Yet one feels a clear voice emerging, and little is left unsaid.