Homecoming

From Florida to New York, twenty two paintings bravely made the trip back from their solo exhibition, Lyrical Abstraction, at the Coral Springs Museum of Art @coralspringsmoa. A stressful, but exciting, day at Jill Krutick Fine Art!

"Chasing the Invisible": The Inspiration

Chasing the Invisible is a work that took me on a long journey. Through its beginning stages, I felt as though its composition was missing a critical component. Eventually, I moved the painting into a work closet (as I sometimes do when I am unsatisfied with the direction of a piece) to give myself space from it.

Soon thereafter, my daughter performed her first original Pop song called “Chasing the Invisible,” a revealing tune with a shimmering quality to it. After several days of repeatedly listening to the enchanting tune, the vision hit me. I took the canvas out of the closet and used her song as the pillars of the budding narrative.

Finally, the story of a girl who confronts the reality that her lover was just a figment of her imagination—an “invisible” person built from lonely thoughts and deep desires, emerged. The elements of the original painting that couldn’t “sing” on their own suddenly had a pure and convincing voice.

This piece has since become one my favorites.

ALBUM | LYRICAL ABSTRACTION: Coral Springs Museum of Art / Opening Reception

Jill S. Krutick is the featured artist in the main gallery at the Coral Springs Museum of Art from March 16 - May 18, 2019.  The Opening Reception was held on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 6pm in the main gallery of the museum. This event was free and open to the public.

The exhibition was curated by Bruce Helander, an art critic, arts writer, curator and artist whose specialty is collage and assemblage. He has a master’s degree in painting from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, where he later became the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs of the college. He is a former White House fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and has won the South Florida Cultural Consortium fellowship for professional achievement in the visual arts.

Behind the scenes with Stick Figure Productions!

We had the pleasure of having an award-winning film/television director, Steven Cantor, filming at Jill Krutick Fine Art recently. Seven of Steven’s films have been nominated for Emmy Awards — with one winning — and he was nominated for an Academy Award for his first film. Steven was joined by his talented crew from Stick Figure Productions, Casey Regan and Jono Field. The team is producing a documentary about artist Jill Krutick. Stay tuned for updates on this very special project!