Violet Blue with White

About Violet Blue with White

This contemporary oil painting of flowers is by Jennifer Hornyak.

During a successful career that has spanned more than four decades, Canadian artist Jennifer Hornyak developed her own distinctive visual style. As a young artist, she was entranced by the work of European masters. But Hornyak’s interpretation of the traditional still life adopted vivid colour palettes and expressive brushwork. Her work lies somewhere between figuration and abstraction. In the past few years, much of her art has explored floral themes. This beautiful little painting of a vase of flowers is rendered in a simple palette of blues, white and green against a backdrop of midnight blue.

“I like rich, dark palettes that echo the classics but are rendered in a more contemporary, abstract way.” Jennifer Hornyak

Jennifer Hornyak studied at the Grimsby School of Art in England. In 1961, she moved to Montreal, where she attended McGill University, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal and the Centre Saidye Bronfman.
Hornyak has exhibited throughout North America and Europe, including the Paris World Exhibition in 1987, where her work was shown alongside that of Modigliani, Picasso and van Dongen. Hornyak’s work is represented in many private and corporate collections, including Bombardier Transport, Burroughs Wellcome, McCarthy Tétrault, Power Corporation and Hyatt Regency Hotel.