Solo show at Roby King features Adam Grosowsky

Published 9:46 am Friday, February 5, 2016

Oregon artist Adam Grosowsky will have his first solo exhibition at Roby King Gallery in February.

Grosowsky’s large oil paintings are studies in light and dark, distinguished by dramatic contrasts — light or bright color against large areas of rich, dark backgrounds.

His focus is on portraits of women, sometimes with birds; figures within interior settings and also landscapes. These works are on a grand scale, canvases ranging from 48×48, 60×36 to 48×60.

Much of Grosowsky’s training was in printmaking. He received his bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Evergreen State College, followed by a master’s and master’s of fine arts in printmaking from University of Iowa, where he studied under Mauricio Lasansky and Keith Achepohl.

The artist maintains a full-time art faculty position teaching painting and drawing at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon.

The show runs through Feb. 27. A First Friday opening reception is 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. Roby King Galleries is at 176 Winslow Way East.

For more information, call 206-842-2063 or see www.robykinggalleries.com.