Sheila Grabarsky: Calling Butterflies

Sheila Grabarsky is known for her bold and expressive gestural abstract paintings about introspection — spiritual, psychological, soul-searching. A juxtaposition of contrasting colors, loose brushwork and spontaneity characterize her artwork. She achieves a medley of sumptuous, tactile surfaces by applying layers upon layers of fresh paint and dried acrylics from her palette – what she refers to as “palette skins”. She also applies papers, plastic resin pellets, gels, wax and even jewelry hardware to her paintings to add reflection, depth and texture.