SUNSHINE URBANIAK

Painting is my release. Not so much me having the need to express myself, it's more like an energy transfer. When I don't paint for a while, this incredible need comes over me and I need to paint. It's truly part of my life.

I was born an artist, picking up a paint brush at the age of 2, and I never put it down since. I've tried many mediums, and I always come back to acrylic on canvas. My style has always been abstract expressionism, but I'm always trying new subjects (see flowers). I love to paint large color fields, and mostly, adding texture. I want my art to have depth and shadows, as if it's alive and breathing.

I grew up in New Jersey, moving from west, to south and eventually north, just outside New York City. I moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 1995 and fell in love with it. This is my new home away from home.