Joan of Arc Painting

I am Florida based painter,photographer, born in Slovakia. REVIEW: ALEX TUZINSKY’S PAINTINGS ARE SHORT STORIES AND GLIMPSES INTO HIS LOVES AND DREAMS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND GRAPPLINGS WITH MORTALITY AND EXISTENCE. THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE SENSE OF BEING SKILLFULLY INCLUDED AND DRAWN INTO HIS WORK WITH A LOOK FROM AN EYE OR A MASK APPEARING FROM THE SHADOWS. HIS USE OF THE FIGURE TAKES MANY FORMS, FROM PASSIONATE RELATIONSHIPS TO GHOSTLIKE SPIRITUAL IMAGES OF MEMORIES AND EVENTS THAT ONCE WERE. WHETHER PORTRAYING GRACEFUL FIGURES OR STAGING A HAUNTING GLANCE ROOTED IN FEAR OR A DARK MEMORY, ONE CANNOT REMAIN NEUTRAL WHEN EXPERIENCING TUZINSKY’S WORK. VIEWED SINGULARLY OR TOGETHER, IT IS EASY TO DETECT ALEX’S ROOTS, STEEPED IN THE TRADITION OF RENAISSANCE PAINTING. HIS SKILLFUL USE OF DYNAMIC LIGHT AND SHADOW LEAVES US NO ROOM TO ESCAPE HIS LOVES AND PASSIONS, HIS FEARS AND PAIN. ALEX PAINTS A STAGE WITH ACTORS LOOKING AT EACH OTHER, AND US…THEIR EYES AND MASKS REMIND US OF THE IMMENSELY COMPLEX HUMAN PSYCHE. MILES LAVETHALL