2020-06-01_The_Artists_Magazine

42 Artists Magazine June 2020

GRADUAL SHIFT

“Painting people has been an interest since the time I was a little girl creating

characters in a sketchbook,” says Kordic. “I accepted my first portrait commission

when I was 18 years old, and that became a regular part of my work life until the

market crash of 2008.” With the collapsing economy, the artist found herself with-

out commissions and, as a result, with time to think about more fulfilling directions

in painting. “I was pretty straight-up traditional until 2011–12, when I literally

became bored with painting realistically,” she recalls. “It was a very gradual change,

not preconceived. I simply became more and more curious about what paint can do,

and the imagery began taking a back seat to that exploration. Over time, that curi-

osity shifted and morphed to what it is today. I expect and hope it will continue to

take me to new painting ground.”

With her embrace of adventure in painting, Kordic adopts a highly flexible tech-

nique, one that’s open to suggestion, intuition and the workings of imagination

CLOCKWISE FROM

OPPOSITE

Lean In

charcoal on museum

board, 20x32

Boundless

oil on linen, 30x36

Bridges Turn No. 1

oil on cradled birch panel,

36x48