Basia Krol: Wildering

Eat Paint Studio is pleased to present our first solo exhibition with Basia Krol. The exhibition titled, Wildering, features work painted largely during the height of the pandemic and invites the viewer to share a journey toward personal freedom and spiritual renewal.

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Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday, 12-5PM. Contact Emily Rapport to schedule a private viewing: emily@eatpaintstudio.com

For artist Basia Krol, Wildering describes a re-awakening of self-identity through active observation of nature. Painted largely during the pandemic, Krol finds a grounding connection in the landscape of Central Illinois.

In the early months of the pandemic, uncertainty and instability cast a long shadow over our daily activities. Working as a special education paraprofessional, Krol was temporarily sidelined when schools closed in 2020. Suddenly without a job to go to, Krol had access to unstructured time and the opportunity to re-focus on her painting.

“When COVID came, everyone experienced loss and isolation. I developed a sense of urgency like I had never experienced before. It’s like a Heideggerian existential shift: the act of being intensified by lurking nothingness,” muses Krol.

Barbara “Basia” Krol was born and raised in Warsaw, Poland. She studied painting and printmaking at Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and traveled extensively in Europe to study old masters in all major collections. In 2000 she earned her Masters Degree in Studio Art from Warsaw Academy of Fine Art and had her first solo show in Warsaw, Poland. She currently lives and works in Galesburg, Illinois, where she finds inspiration in the local prairie nature preserves.

Image Credit: Burnt Prairie, oil and silver/gold on linen, 33×34″