EWA TARSIA
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"My Blues for Mr. Miro"
Ewa Tarsia, "My Blues for Mr. Miro," 2002, monoprint (collograph, drypoint), 12" x 12".
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"My Blues for Mr. Miro"
Ewa Tarsia, "My Blues for Mr. Miro," 2002, monoprint (collograph, drypoint), 12" x 12".
EWA TARSIA
By Amy Karlinsky
Ewa Tarsia explains, "I was born into a family of artists in Starogard Gdanski, Poland. I studied at the School of Art in Gdynia, but my first prints were made at my uncle's large studio." Tarsia's arrival in Winnipeg, 11 years ago, found her making elegant monoprints characterized by lush colour. She prepares her copper or plexiglass plates with combinations of drypoint, collograph and etching. Tarsia's sumptuous works are inspired by the organic shapes and textures of nature with colour enhanced by the velvety blacks of printmaker's ink. It's nature observed: "the light in the sky, the shadows on the ground." Tarsia also facilitates art and cultural exchanges with cities in Poland. "Printmaking," she explains, "has a longer tradition in Poland than in Canada and is considered a high art." Tarsia's one-woman exhibition, Natural Instincts, is at Winnipeg's Site Gallery until May 4, 2003; excerpts can be seen all summer at Site. Her solo exhibition, Rhythms, is on view July 4 to August 8, 2003, at the Martha Street Studio in Winnipeg.