Playing in the Living Room 

Iwo Zaniewski’s painting, "Playing in the Living Room", captivates with its vibrant impasto technique. The room pulses with energy through thick daubs of color, primarily warm oranges, yellows, and reds, offset by cool greens and blues, creating a textured surface that seems to breathe. The composition arranges figures in a loose, informal manner, suggesting a casual, intimate scene of leisure. Note how the artist's structural use of color emphasizes the light and shadow across the figures and room; the visible brushstrokes add dynamism, enhancing the sense of a fleeting, candid moment captured in paint. Zaniewski disrupts traditional perspective, flattening the space and drawing attention to the materiality of the paint itself. The painting functions through its structural use of color and texture, inviting viewers to consider the expressive potential of the medium itself. This approach challenges conventional representations of domestic scenes, focusing on the act of painting as a means of conveying emotion and atmosphere.