Jim Kociuba is a
New England artist who has always been inspired to paint his immediate natural surroundings. Jim’s subjects alternate between realistic
waterscapes and tightly cropped backlit deconstructed trees. The common thread
in his work is how Jim portrays light that passes through as well as bounces
off the surfaces of these subjects. He says that his hope is to let the viewer slow their heartbeat
to the pace of their natural surroundings. Jim's paintings create a lively world of
sparkling light with dappled brushwork.
Jim’s waterscapes capture
the ever-changing qualities of water from quiet woodland streams to dramatic ocean waves. His painting surfaces vary from thin transparent
glazes to thickly applied impasto layers
of paint and gesso mixed with marble dust.
He talks of capturing the transparency as well as the reflections of what
is behind and beyond the viewer in these paintings.
Jim’s Komorebi
paintings are inspired by the single Japanese word which describes sunlight passing
through the leaves of trees. These
paintings show gesturally painted branches and glints of skylight revealed between
diamond shaped brushstroke representing leaves. His unique approach to pointillism, results in a flickering energized vision of sun kissed foliage.
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