ORIGINAL ALGARVE PAINTINGS
I paint the Algarve from direct observation, working almost daily with light and shadow.
These paintings explore moments where strong light destabilizes form and reorganizes it through color, edge, and relation. Rather than describing a place, they register how perception shifts under glare, contrast, and reflection.
This body of work is rooted in sustained practice and material engagement, and is gradually moving toward contre-jour painting — working from backlit situations where certainty breaks down and visual decisions must be made through seeing and doing.
About the Artist: Grażyna Ostrowska
Shadows of a Veranda on a Sunlit Wall, Faro.
Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9 in).
The Walls of Seminário de São José, Faro.
Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9 in).
Palm leaves in Jardim da Alameda.
Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9 in).
Passage to Cais das Portas do Mar, Faro
Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9 in). > SOLD
The shadow of a palm tree on the pavement.
Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9 in).
A Modernist Building in Faro.
Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9 in).
The tree-lined entrance to Jardim da Alameda.
Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9 in) >
(RESERVED)
The Historic Façade of Teatro Lethes, Faro
Acrylic on panel, 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9 in).
Painting is not something you enter when conditions are right.
Painting is the condition.
Light interrupts, erases, presses.
Forms lean, dissolve, reappear.
The canvas is not a window and not a message.
It is a stage.
Everything that enters it must justify its presence through relation — not through meaning. What matters is not what things are, but how they stand, interrupt, and hold space together.
Words come later, if at all.
Painting comes only from painting.
A LUZ DOURADA, Tavira
Acrylic & oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm (24 x 32 in).
A LUZ SILENCIOSA, OLHÂO
Acrylic & oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm (24 x 32 in).
A LUZ Quente
Acrylic & oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm (24 x 32 in).
A luz — a short series of bigger paintings, carried by liquid light and warm, glowing colors.
Light is not depicted, but felt — pressing, flowing, shaping the image from within.
The paintings remain open, held together by warmth rather than certainty.
Cadeiras Amarelhas, Olhão
Acrylic & oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm (24 x 32 in). > SOLD
Shadows – pink walls, Luz
Acrylic & oil on canvas, ca. 35 x 45 cm (14 x 18 in).
Tv. Alexandre Herculano, Olhão
Acrylic on panel, ca. 35 x 45 cm (14 x 18 in) > SOLD
A porta amarelha
Acrylic & oil on canvas, ca. 35 x 45 cm (14 x 18 in).
Evening in Cacela Velha
Acrylic on panel, ca. 35 x 45 cm (14 x 18 in).
Peach Wall, Olhão
Acrylic on panel, ca. 35 x 45 cm (14 x 18 in) > SOLD
All works shown here were painted in the Algarve during the past year.
They are executed primarily in acrylic on canvas or canvas panel; selected works combine acrylic with oil paint sticks and oil paint.
All paintings are original works and are available for purchase, as listed.
They can be viewed and acquired physically in the Algarve.
For current gallery details or private sales, please contact me directly via DM.
