This abstract expressionist painting features a vibrant and energetic composition dominated by bold brushstrokes and a warm, earthy color palette. The central focus is a cluster of dynamic, abstracted figures rendered in hues of yellow, pink, and brown, evoking a sense of playfulness and movement. The surrounding environment is depicted with a dense, organic network of twisted, tree-like forms in shades of brown, accentuated by delicate blossoms in shades of pink. The overall style and composition suggest a primal, expressive exploration of the human figure and its relationship with the natural world. ...
Michael Horsky’s paintings seem crystallized from some sort of chromatic primeval slime. Constellations of motifs that leave everything obvious behind them—art history/role models/the good idea—appear on the canvas, though not before countless other images have been shaken off, discarded. Horsky draws from deeply hidden inner networks of knowledge and feeling, as well as the inherent laws that govern them. The outer, representational pictorial structure is merely a surface to project upon, a plaything, or an indicator for the abstract processes at work behind it. Forms are liberated from the gravity of logic, not deformed; colors unfurl the wildly beguiling power of their essence; narratives shatter against the paradox of their individual parts, only to further incite intuition. Horsky's paintings are oddly captivating equivalents for a world—our world— that, despite its real, barely comprehensible madness, mysteriously manages to function and, against all reason, is capable of creating amazing beauty (Sonja Menches). ...
