In these brand new paintings created especially for this exhibition, Vian dives into the color purple with all its hues.

Vian Borchert is an expressionist artist largely known for her abstract paintings inspired by Mother Nature. The artist has always been an avid lover of nature and all plants, especially lavender. This appealing strong-scented plant from the Mediterranean has a unique ability to bring back a sense of peace and calmness.

For this exhibition, Vian Borchert wanted to create paintings that evoke feelings of happiness. Rejuvenation achieved through love for nature. The abundant beauty and endless bounty it bestows on mankind.

Vian Borchert is an established artist who has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions within the US and internationally

Vian Borchert’s 2021 suite of black-and-white paintings–from top to bottom, Counter Ceiling, Buildings, Windy City, Rooftop Dreams–present urban scenes in black on a white background. Urban structures–right-angled building forms–are partially rendered, creating a language of nearly visionary architecture. Sometimes, in small passages in parts of paintings, something free-flowing and abstract, not unlike the effects of a Franz Kline work, emerges. These works capture the spirit of urban life in memorable ways. When an artist like Borchert calls upon what she actually sees, she also has a habit of making it a bit more dramatic than life. The results are, as the title of the show says, “singular.”

Escapism is the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.

Through my artistic journey, it becomes clear to me that it is through art I have found the greatest escape!

Most of the abstract expressionist artist’s work comes from art produced during the lockdown at the start of the pandemic. "Given our harsh reality, I became, in a sense, an escape artist, to escape into my own creation,” Borchert says of the start of the pandemic.

In the “Monochromatic Dreams” series, Vian Borchert presents her latest paintings where the artwork transforms into memories of past travels that have become almost like distant dreams. Escapism is the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy