Autumn House 1984

Oleg Holosiy made this painting, Autumn House, using oil paint, it looks like, and a whole lot of intuition. There's a real sense of process here, where the making of the painting is right there on the surface. Up close, you can see how the paint is layered, almost like he was building up the image, one stroke at a time. I love how the light catches on the texture, giving the whole thing a kind of shimmer. See how the brushstrokes around the little white house on the left almost dissolve into the background? It's like the house is emerging from the landscape, or maybe sinking back into it. Holosiy reminds me a bit of Gerhard Richter, especially his abstract landscapes, where the image feels both present and distant at the same time. It's like Holosiy is saying that the world is always in flux, always changing.