Aranka Israni

Aranka Israni's expressionistic, abstract oil paintings invite us on a dual meditation of movement and stillness. The energy she transmits through her artwork is rhythmic and daring. Taking the form of smoke or water, Aranka follows the path of color like an exploration of movement and soul. Inevitably, through this meditation on grace, she personifies color: she becomes a dancer of all schools, all mythologies. Aranka reevaluates not only her subject, but also her medium: she can make oil paint act like water color. By allowing the positive and negative space to interact, to dance as it were, both intermingling until indiscernible, coexistence is met and the painting seems to float at the pinnacle.

Aranka allows color to travel through space in a non-linear sequence, yet she grounds us with some semblance of a storyline, as a ballet might. As Aranka Israni's paintings dance, so too the viewer cannot help but to sway, as if to music, full of grace.