McLean Projects For The Arts Debuts 'Connecting the Parts' Paintings by Carol Lukitsch

NEW YORK - Dec. 11, 2013 - PRLog -- McLean Project for the Arts in Virginia is pleased to announce the opening of Connecting the Parts: Paintings by Carol Lukitsch. This well-respected, mid-career artist will present a new series of seven triptychs, each one focusing on a specific energy center in the body.

A dedicated exhibit and gallery talk by the artist occurs this Thursday, December 12th from 6PM-9PM. Visit the artist’s site at www.carollukitsch.com (http://webmail.covadhosting.biz/hwebmail/services/go.php?url=www.carollukitsch.com)

Exploring physics and microbiology as well as Vedic teachings and Hindu mythology, these new paintings within the body of work Connecting the Parts represent the artist’s intuitive path towards energetic balance.

According to Lukitsch, “Connecting the Parts continues a search for transformative imagery. I use organic abstract forms which allude to nature’s forces, cycles and energy. As in earlier works, I view nature as a metaphor for human nature and explore the interactions between the inner self and the outer world.”

“What is new for me here is that each painted triptych represents a meditation on a specific chakra, or energy center within the body, with the intention of healing and of creating unity. While I have always believed that the act of painting can be a form of meditation, in this new body of work I have focused on the yogic philosophy of bringing mind, body and spirit together through clearing and balancing the body’s subtle energies,” states the artist.

Perhaps we tend to think of the pursuit of balance as residing within the provenance of yoga, reiki or acupuncture, but with focused attention, the activity of making a painting (or viewing it) can become a connection to the inner energy system and to the ways in which new form is manifested both within the self and in the outer world.

Color is a primary focus in this process, as is the physicality of the paint itself. The rigidity of the panels suggests permanence, yet the triptych format allows the flexibility to deconstruct and rearrange the compositions multiple times throughout the working process. Visually the work evokes transition and the process of change.

Carol Lukitsch elaborates upon her painting process by saying, “I give movement to forms which might be considered static in order to express the constant motion of particles in the unified field of which we and nature are a part. We are constantly in flux, interacting with everything within us and around us, trying to regain a state of equilibrium and seeking a balanced place within this field of ongoing motion and transition. Energy, matter and consciousness intertwine to form all that we experience.”

The exhibition runs through January 4, 2014.
McLean Project for the Arts is located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean VIRGINIA

Emerson Gallery hours are T- F 10AM-4PM; SAT 11AM-5PM
For more information, visit www.mpaart.org (http://webmail.covadhosting.biz/hwebmail/services/go.php?...) or telephone 703.790.1953

McLean Project for the Arts (MPA)is a non-profit visual arts center founded in 1962 to exhibit the work of emerging and established regional artists. In addition to its program of high quality, professionally-curated art exhibitions, MPA offers art classes for children and adults taught by professional art instructors. MPA also presents the Art Reach program for area schools, gallery talks and day trips to area museums and galleries. MPA is a partner with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Fairfax County Public Schools.

Artist direct contact: CarolLukitsch@aol.com