Addiction
Oil on Canvas
40x30in
United States
Irina Howard is a New York-based painter and sculptor with Ukrainian roots, whose conceptual and visual artistry is deeply informed by her classical training and personal journey of resilience. She masterfully blends realism, abstraction, and surrealism—employing chiaroscuro, fine glazing, scumbling, and a restrained palette—to conjure dreamlike, metaphor-laden spaces that explore the cycles of renewal, vulnerability, and resilience. Her evocative works resonate with the emergence of light through darkness, offering viewers both catharsis and an invitation to contemplate hope, transformation, and the beauty within impermanence.