(Above: Fields with Hay Rolls #4 by Adam Grosowsky, part of an exhibit of the artist’s work spanning four decades, at the Karin Clarke main gallery.)
By Randi Bjornstad
It’s always interesting to see the progression — in thought and execution — of artists through the course of their careers. A new show opening at the Karen Clarke Gallery in December takes just that kind of look at the work of Adam Grosowsky, whose work goes on display there Dec. 1 through mid-January.
A 2021 painting, measuring 36×48 inches, titled Jessica 9, by Adam Grosowsky
The contrast is clear. Grosowsky’s paintings in recent years have been large-scale, executed in a palette that favors deep black juxtaposed with vivid primary colors in the form of huge portraits, landscapes, animals, birds, even circus-like scenes. But this show also delves decades into Grosowsky’s past, via a series of his fine-art prints dating to his college and graduate-school years in the 1980s.
His transition to oil paintings of unusual size came after he moved to Eugene and changed mediums from printmaking to oil painting. He developed a following among West Coast art dealers, and he also became an instructor of printmaking, drawing, and painting at Lane Community College, from 1990 until he retired in 2019.
This show includes the newest of his oil paintings — people, animals, and landscapes — and what he calls his “Hopperesque” scenes.
(See a previous Eugene Scene story about Grosowsky at https://eugenescene.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=13950&action=edit).
Adam Grosowsky: Every Now and Every Then
When: Dec. 1, 2021, through Jan. 15, 2022. (The gallery will be closed Dec. 25 through Jan. 1, except by appointment; however the Karin Clarke Gallery at the Gordon at the Fifth Street Public Market, 590 Pearl St., Suite 105, will remain open.)
Where: 760 Willamette St., Eugene
Main gallery hours: Noon to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Karin Clarke at the Gordon hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday
Information: 541-684-7963 (main gallery); 541-232-4383 (Gordon location); online at karinclarkegallery.com
In the Aviary, an etching and aquatint from 1982, by Adam Grosowsky
