Gosia Wlodarczak

Shared Space, Frost Drawing for Noosa (Pomona)

Firstly, I have to say that I am not a renowned art critic, just a humble person asked to review an artist.

Gosia Wlodarczak. The setting: Pomona in a small park on a busy market day.

Gosia’s style will leave your head in a bit of a tailspin. The first impression is of a manic drawing style and very confusing to the eye. If you are used to seeing a piece of art that you can relate to something tangible, then this will leave you straining to make sense of the piece.

The use of acrylic and a white pen to start with is unique and you feel there will be some sort of tracing format used. That is not the case and what appears is, as I have already stated, confusing. Occasionally there will be a hint of a form that you can relate to but then it drifts off to a different dimension!!!

This left me feeling maybe there is something I am missing in this style of work. Fortunately, I had a moment of lucidness and decided to investigate Gosia on that wonderful platform called the internet. This was the eureka moment. It turns out that Gosia draws what she sees in front of her, so not what has gone or is coming, hence there is a very short time frame to draw what she is witnessing. This, in my mind, gives credence to the art form. It would be very difficult to get down every fine detail in the time that Gosia has to draw what she sees. With this knowledge, I can sort of understand where she is coming from in her drawings and maybe with a massive hit of caffeine, I could relate to it.

Art is in the eye of the beholder, I have been reliably informed, so there will be people out there that can see the art side of Gosia’s interpretations. For me personally, it is very busy and hard to get my head around.

But as I have already stated, I am probably not qualified to appraise this style of art.