The Journey

On the journey from Photo Realism to Abstraction, I have traveled a road with many turns and stops along the way—always to find myself back on the path with new vision and a keen sense of forward movement. —Ilona Sochynsky

1. 35th and 3rd, 1980, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in.

Permanent collection of The James Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, NJ

2. Motorcycle, 1980, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in.

Collection of the Morris Propp Foundation, NY

Fugue No. 17, 2017, Oil on wood, 30 x 30 in.

Collection of The Ukrainian Institute of America

1. 35th and 3rd, 1980, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in.

Permanent collection of The James Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, NJ

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FROM HYPER REALISM

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ABSTRACTION

My transmutation from hyper realism to abstraction began as an investment in close study of image, surface, light. Along the way I traveled through periods of fragmentation, surrealism, and the creation of dreamlike states through layering of images, textures, and objects that seem to be unrelated, yet communicate volumes.

Abstraction became my final destination.