Andrzej Kuhn’s work beckons us into his world and lets our imagination take flight. With arms stretched wide, this kindly angel welcomes us too; her sense of gravity conveyed as much through her knowledgeable gaze as the mass of her celestial body.
Though obviously different from the angels so often depicted in art history, this flattened, patterned figure with pearly wings still has a connection to the religious icons of the past.
Painter and author Glyn Hughes wrote:
"Andrzej Kuhn is a contemporary icon painter. Like the icon painters, his imagery and style remain constant without being repetitive. The force that keeps them alive is a spiritual one…although the pictures are decoratively conceived and make very good decorations indeed, they are so much more than that, and you might best hang a Kuhn painting in a bedroom, in a study, in a church; in any place where the eye would wish to rest upon an image of contemplation."
To experience the journey for yourselves, pass through the Gates of the Sun, take a ride in the King’s Chariot, sail past the Dancing Islands, stop to gather the Moon in the Puddle… and you too will feel like the Artist’s Friend.
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