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Solo Exhibition: Nature Reimagined
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts
May – August 2021
Opening Reception: June 18, 2021 | 5 P.M.
“Nature Reimagined is exactly the sort of exhibition we need right now ... it invites us to seek our own unique communion with the greater world around (and within) ourselves.”
Highlights from the Opening Reception
Community Insight
On Crayon Trees:
I think of early hikes with a head lamp. When an area so filled with colors and sounds is dark and silent. Among the trees an awareness of quietude slips into one’s soul. Where there are no sirens, no horns, no nerve-wracking sounds to rattle the mind. The loudest thing you hear are your thoughts and feelings. The ability and time to receive clarity and light when most is dark around you. A retreat where suffering appears to ease somewhat, where joy seems intimate, and where meditation seems to flow. There is solitude. There is peace. Just the soothing rhythm of the trees.
—Joni Beachly
“Krutick deftly re-images the natural world into personal and inviting compositions filled with ... themes of time, memory, and self-discovery...”
On the Trout Series:
Fly fishing connects us to nature. Wild trout connect us to art. Each fish is painted in a unique palette of colors, beauty matched only by the places they live. Brook trout, Virginia’s only native trout, thrive in cool, clear, shaded streams that cascade over moss-covered boulders high in the Appalachian Mountains. Brown and rainbow trout are abundant in spring-fed creeks and freestone streams throughout western Virginia. Step in the water, cast a fly, catch a fish and bring it to your net. You’ll see why trout and their homes have inspired so many artists.
—David Hart, author of Flyfisher’s Guide to Virginia: Including West Virginia’s Best Flyfishing Waters
“Krutick’s genuine affection towards biological forms and colors ... sets her work apart.”
On Mystical Night:
This painting reminds me of cool, early summer nights trying to extract every last ray of sun out on the water. Whether it be swimming, fishing or rowing a canoe, as a kid, I always kept one eye out on the house up the hill with the lights on as darkness crept in, knowing (and dreading) my mom was going to call me in at any moment. Long, bright days on the water drift lazily into dark nights by the fire pit exchanging secrets and stores and treats, making memories that carry with them smiles to last a lifetime.
—Jessi Znosko
“Informed by my experiences, challenges and triumphs, I transform the real into an imaginary world — sometimes whimsical, and other times dramatic.”
On Shenandoah River:
Rivers have been tied to human exploration for as long as we’ve traveled this planet. Floating rivers is intrinsic to our very nature. The intimacy we share with the natural world, the immediacy of that interaction on the water, is unparalleled. It is a transcendent gift every time we venture out into a river’s current, with adventure beckoning, and this country’s beautiful bounty at our fingertips Our waterways offer us meditative moments in which we can tune in to the wilderness outside and our ancestral wild inside.”
—Brian Vincent
“Color is charged with emotion, suggesting that color, emblematic of love ... made Krutick, an exquisite colorist—a master of nuanced colors...”
On Gemstones:
Looking at Jill Krutick’s Gemstones immediately reminded me of the phrase “a diamond in the rough.” The first time I heard these words was my freshman year. A faculty adviser used them to describe me and overrule my objections for the course recommendations in the next semester. Four years later when crossing the stage to receive my diploma, I thought more about that diamond metaphor. Tough courses were part of many life events as an undergraduate needed to develop me.
Gemstones in situ, whether they are a diamond, sapphire, or ruby, do not resemble beautiful rocks in jewelry stores. Whether I am now a well-honed diamond is still debatable, but this painting calls to now think about Longwood students. Consider each as an unpolished gem. My task as an instructor is to help prepare them so they can shine.
—Ed Kinman, Longwood University Professor of Geology
Featured Works
Exhibition Catalogue
Explore the selected works and essays for Jill Krutick’s third solo museum show, "Nature Reimagined," exhibited at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts in Farmville, Virginia, from May 28 to August 8, 2021. Printed in 2021.
About Jill Krutick
Jill Krutick (b. 1962) is a contemporary abstract expressionist who painted privately for over 30 years and studied at The Art Students League of New York. In 2010, she began publicly exhibiting her work. She has been praised by world-famous art critics and has had multiple solo museum exhibitions and scores of group exhibitions.
As a young painter and pianist, later as a media executive and board member, Ms. Krutick has spent her life dedicated to the arts. Painting emerged as her greatest passion, which she now pursues full time in her Westchester studio.
Her work is in over 100 private and public collections as well as the permanent collections of the Coral Springs Museum of Art and Yellowstone Museum of Art.
Film by Stick Figure Productions. 2019
Video length: approx. 7 minutes
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Catalogue Brochure
Press Release
American artist Jill Krutick will open Nature Reimagined, an exhibition of her richly embellished abstract paintings at the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts on May 28, 2021 (continuing through August 8, 2021). An Opening Reception is planned on June 18th from 5 to 8 P.M.
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Nature Reimagined Set - Boxed Greeting Cards (Assorted Set of 8)
Shenandoah River - Long Scarf