Sharon Booma & Linda Stojak: Meditations of the Soul

Meditations of the Soul

SHARON BOOMA AND

LINDA STOJAK

Linda Stojak, Untitled (Figure 112) 2019, Oil on canvas, 48" x 36"

Sharon Booma & Linda Stojak: Meditations of the Soul

This ethereal exhibition presents the expression of two artist's souls as meditative spirit. Through the subtle and complex use of color and form, these works exist in between states of sensation in those abstract moments in which feelings arise.

Linda Stojak is a highly regarded contemporary painter known for exploring the convergence of the corporeal and ethereal through diaphanous atmospheres and allusive female forms.

Sharon Booma is a contemporary painter whose highly acclaimed mixed-media work is well regarded for its enigmatic and dynamic meditative rhythms of color and texture.

This exhibition presents an introspective visual dialogue of resonances of the soul as meditative spirit. Through the purposeful and complex use of color and form, the works of these two extraordinary artists exist in between states of contemplation and sensation, creating abstract moments in which reflective feelings arise. Booma and Stojak are masters of allusive imagery and mark making, effortlessly expressing the ethereal through the texture of space.

While Booma’s paintings are the result of a careful process that laces together intertwining webs of harmony and tension through washes of veiled color and broad fields of visual texture, Stojak imbues her paintings with ethereal atmospheres and a reductive sense of suggestion of the female figure through use of only the essential.

Booma’s abstract mixed media paintings create gentle realms of visual space

highlighted by deeply resonant forms and marks through a profoundly expressive and highly individualized visual language of exquisite lyricism that is comprised of harmonized painterly gestures and expanses of contemplative colors. The works demonstrate the remarkable facility of this leading figure within contemporary abstraction.

Stojak’s images possess a mesmerizing quality that invites deep reflection and meditation. There is a sense that in the process mysteries will be unfolded through feeling and intuition. Stojak’s paintings have been described as “psychological self-portraits” but they also possess a palpable sense of resonance that is broadly universal. In their expressive painterly captivation and aching emotional charge, they seem to offer and invite both empathy and fellowship.

By exploring the richness of liminal spaces, these two artists zig-zag, unfurl, and float through space in their own distinctive manner, offering the viewer an opportunity to experience moments of impulse, intuition, and mystery. Together, the work of these two artist meet evocatively in a rhythmic space where chaos and equilibrium touch, where tonal fields and recognizable form intersect.

Sharon Booma was educated at the College of New Rochelle, NY, and the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts, CT. Throughout her career, Booma has been awarded top prizes in juried exhibitions, her work sought after by collectors throughout the United States and abroad.

Linda Stojak holds a BFA from Arcadia University and an MFA from Pratt Institute. Her acclaimed paintings are included in private and museum collections across the country, among which are the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Brown University, and the University of Pennsylvania.