A woman-tree 2015

Alfred Freddy Krupa made “A Woman-Tree”, using ink on paper. I imagine Krupa’s brush dancing across the page, leaving a trail of bold black gestures that define the figure’s edges, while the white paint softens and fills the form. It looks like he might have loaded the brush with plenty of ink, allowing it to drip and pool, creating those rich, textured blacks, and then quickly added the white over the top. What a fun way to play with the push and pull of shape and form! The title is suggestive. Is she rooted, reaching, or both? I wonder if Krupa was thinking about transformation, about the porous boundary between the human and the natural world. Like other painters, he is exploring a way of seeing and feeling. This approach embraces the unexpected and uncertain. Ambiguity is not a weakness but an invitation. And with each stroke, Krupa invites us to see things anew, to question, and to connect with the world.