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'Waiting on the red sofa' is a one of the paintings from 'The Nightlife' series from 2016. The artist got inspired by a vibrant , unpredictable and very seductive night life of London. The painting shows a portrait of one of the girls working in Night club based in Old street area. The atmosphere of this rich, stylish place full of beautiful girls from all over the world created the idea of portraying them in their working environment . While working on the painting the artist decides to place a model on the sofa creating a simple composition to allow the viewer focus on a position of the figure and intimate atmosphere of the situation. Joanna Pilarczyk also chose to toned down her palette of colours. She works with muted tones of violet, blue and warm skin tones but also use a red colour of the sofa in order to balance the palette. The artist again use a dark outlines and play with textures of the paint by applying thin layers and a thick impasto.
'Waiting on the red sofa' is a one of the paintings from 'The Nightlife' series from 2016. The artist got inspired by a vibrant , unpredictable and very seductive night life of London. The painting shows a portrait of one of the girls working in Night club based in Old street area. The atmosphere of this rich, stylish place full of beautiful girls from all over the world created the idea of portraying them in their working environment . While working on the painting the artist decides to place a model on the sofa creating a simple composition to allow the viewer focus on a position of the figure and intimate atmosphere of the situation. Joanna Pilarczyk also chose to toned down her palette of colours. She works with muted tones of violet, blue and warm skin tones but also use a red colour of the sofa in order to balance the palette. The artist again use a dark outlines and play with textures of the paint by applying thin layers and a thick impasto.
'Waiting on the red sofa' is a one of the paintings from 'The Nightlife' series from 2016. The artist got inspired by a vibrant , unpredictable and very seductive night life of London. The painting shows a portrait of one of the girls working in Night club based in Old street area. The atmosphere of this rich, stylish place full of beautiful girls from all over the world created the idea of portraying them in their working environment . While working on the painting the artist decides to place a model on the sofa creating a simple composition to allow the viewer focus on a position of the figure and intimate atmosphere of the situation. Joanna Pilarczyk also chose to toned down her palette of colours. She works with muted tones of violet, blue and warm skin tones but also use a red colour of the sofa in order to balance the palette. The artist again use a dark outlines and play with textures of the paint by applying thin layers and a thick impasto.
'Waiting on the red sofa' is a one of the paintings from 'The Nightlife' series from 2016. The artist got inspired by a vibrant , unpredictable and very seductive night life of London. The painting shows a portrait of one of the girls working in Night club based in Old street area. The atmosphere of this rich, stylish place full of beautiful girls from all over the world created the idea of portraying them in their working environment . While working on the painting the artist decides to place a model on the sofa creating a simple composition to allow the viewer focus on a position of the figure and intimate atmosphere of the situation. Joanna Pilarczyk also chose to toned down her palette of colours. She works with muted tones of violet, blue and warm skin tones but also use a red colour of the sofa in order to balance the palette. The artist again use a dark outlines and play with textures of the paint by applying thin layers and a thick impasto.

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Waiting on the red sofa Painting

Joanna Pilarczyk

United Kingdom

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 39.4 W x 27.6 H x 0.8 D in

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'Waiting on the red sofa' is a one of the paintings from 'The Nightlife' series from 2016. The artist got inspired by a vibrant , unpredictable and very seductive night life of London. The painting shows a portrait of one of the girls working in Night club based in Old street area. The atmosphere of this rich, stylish place full of beautiful girls from all over the world created the idea of portraying them in their working environment . While working on the painting the artist decides to place a model on the sofa creating a simple composition to allow the viewer focus on a position of the figure and intimate atmosphere of the situation. Joanna Pilarczyk also chose to toned down her palette of colours. She works with muted tones of violet, blue and warm skin tones but also use a red colour of the sofa in order to balance the palette. The artist again use a dark outlines and play with textures of the paint by applying thin layers and a thick impasto.

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Painting:

Oil on Canvas

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39.4 W x 27.6 H x 0.8 D in

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Combining the lively, flesh-toned bodies of her models with vibrant, clean abstract shapes, patterns and lemon-green foliage, Joanna Pilarczyk’s paintings pay tribute to modern portraiture and contemporary figurative art. Joanna Pilarczyk is a London-based contemporary figurative painter. Born in Poland, Pilarczyk studied at the Art University in Zielona Gora, where she earned a Master's degree in Visual Arts and Art Education. Pilarczyk's artistic talent has earned her recognition and accolades. She was shortlisted for the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024 at the National Portrait Gallery and long-listed for the Jackson's Art Prize. In 2023, she was the recipient of the Boynes Monthly Artist Award and a finalist for the International FiKVA Award for Figurative Painters and the Women United Art Prize in both 2022 and 2021. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at prestigious venues like Mall Galleries at Women in Art Fair, Start Art Fair in Saatchi Gallery and the Other Art Fair in Truman Brewery, London. Additionally, she showcased her newest paintings at a solo show with Oink Gallery, featuring pieces from her 'My Paradise' series. Furthermore, Joanna actively participated in the Spring and Summer editions of the Other Art Fair in 2022. Her artworks have even crossed international borders, with her paintings from the Intimate Times series exhibited at 33 Contemporary Gallery in Chicago, Mixx Atelier Gallery in Telluride, USA and Kunstbehandlung Gallery in Munich, Germany. As the Untitled Magazine Cover winner in May 2024, her paintings were exhibited at the Superfine Art Fair in Times Square, New York and the solo exhibition on Artsy curated by the Untitled Space Gallery. Moreover, she contributed her art to the 'Memories in Hindsight' group show at the J/M Gallery in London.

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