Signe Grushovenko & Genna Grushovenko

Partners in both life and art, we have been collaborating for nearly ten years. Artist 1 begins our process by applying rich layers of pattern and tone to gessoed masonite or linen supports. Artist 2 then selects an inspiration image from our extensive collection of vintage found photos, draws with oil pastel atop the abstract underlayer using the photo for reference, and completes the image with blocky ‘panes’ of oil color. The final results of our collaboration are multi-layered paintings with deep surfaces, crisp at first glance but rewarding the careful viewer with an undercurrent of complex tonality and colorplay.