“…possessed by intense life:” It is an immortal line by F. Scott Fitzgerald
in his novel, The Great Gatsby, and while it describes the enchanted universe
of Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan, it just as easily could have been written
about the artistic vision of Lucila Linik.
When this kind of vitality in a writer is moored by “innate genius
augmented by control, technique, craft,”[1] as was
said of Fitzgerald, you get “the great American novel.” The same qualities given rise in an artist
such as Lucila Linik bring into being a body of work worthy of any superlative
in any lexicon.
Argentina-born,
Manhattan-reared, Lucila won her first award in an art competition at the age
of thirteen when she took the top prize for a piece she executed for New York’s
Metropolitan Opera. Educated at New
York’s High School of Music and Art, a school for gifted children, she went on
to receive her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Temple University and her
Masters Degree in Education at Penn. It
was back to Buenos Aires following college, however, and there she met her
physician husband, and there she remained for forty years. As head of the art department of a
prestigious, English school there, Lucila was provided the opportunity to be
what she calls a “world traveler.” Upon
the death of her husband seven years ago, Lucila relocated to Central Ohio to
be near her son. A member of the Grove
City (Ohio) Arts Council, it is in that capacity that I am acquainted with her.
Lucila’s
resumé is extensive, among the
highlights are artworks shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and
at the Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art.
Since residing in Central Ohio where Columbus is the anchor, Lucila’s
work is highly sought in exhibitions at galleries, festivals, and other
art-related venues. A diversified
artist, Lucila describes herself as an “expressionist working from observation,
and recording not only what I see, but also what I feel about a subject.”
Dreaming
Tree Galleries at 3968 Broadway, Grove City, Ohio is
proud to host “All That Jazz - Twigs, strings, birds and things,” a
wide-ranging show of artwork by Lucila Linik, to be on display from November 5
to December 1, 2012. The general public
is invited to the opening reception scheduled for Saturday, November 10, 2012
from 5 – 8 pm. There you will see
Lucila’s oil and watercolor paintings; sculptures; collages; tapestries;
embroideries on canvas and other grounds—indeed it is a magical world of
mixed-media upon which to feast your eyes and to feed your soul.
Linda Lee Greene’s latest novel, GUARDIANS AND OTHER ANGELS
is available at http://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Other-Angels-Linda-Greene/dp/1897512562/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338336762&sr=8-1
[1]
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner Paperback Edition, Published by
Simon & Schuster, original date: 1920, p. xvi (Preface) by Matthew J.
Bruccoli, 1996.
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