Barbara Januszkiewicz is a Washington base artist. Her subtle variations in brushstroke create weightless and luminous fans of color. 

Her dynamic visual interpretation employs large color fields that meld and overlap in translucent layers, evoking the rhythm and flow of her musical inspiration. Intense color compositions to subdued shades of reverberations, her paintings strive to visually capture the sensation of sound.” Seeing my brushwork in waves of curving color-shapes submerged in translucent immensely rich washes, with a light source not from applied paint, but from the luminosity, of the brilliant white paper or canvas. This technique offers me an expression that seems to capture the complexity and color of a song.

The artist is able to create vibrant, yet translucent colors influenced by The Washington Color School and jazz. While the artist’s work is reminiscent of Morris Louis, she chooses to utilize brushes to control her fans of color rather than create pours and color fields. “I've been interested in these vibrations and patterns and have used music as a muse, to help me explore the patterns of sound vibrations into my paintings. “ 

Her artwork has appeared predominantly in the Washington, D.C., area, including the Phillips Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Art club of Washington, Gallery K and The Art League. Her works can also be found in feature magazines, films, cable and international television formats. She was a watercolor instructor, adjunct professor for the Corcoran College of Art in Washington DC.

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