Addie Hocynec (B)

Known for her vibrant, richly colored landscapes and her abstracts that evoke the moods of nature, Addie’ s style is both free flowing and imaginative, charged with spontaneity and energy. Her landscapes are meditations on the subtler aspects of nature and the seductive power of light, color and texture. She works in a variety of media including dyes on silk, pastels, oils , acrylics and photography. Her fascination with color and all its nuances is a driving force for her work.

Born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Addie graduated from Chestnut Hill College with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Art. She had all intentions of pursuing a career in art therapy but took a slight detour and ended up in the field of photography. She attended the Antonelli School of Photography for two years specializing in commercial photography and then worked for several different studios including the Seymour Mednick Studio in Philadelphia and a printing house in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

She has been painting on silk for the last 14 years. In 1992, she exhibited for the first time with the Bucks County Guild of Craftsmen concentrating mainly on wearable silks. The following year she was juried into the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. Since that time she has focused mainly on fine art shows, such as Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show, Immaculata University Art Show, and Phillips Mill Art Show. She exhibits regularly at many of the area’s juried and non-juried shows. Her work has been selected at over 59 open juried shows and she has won more than 38 awards for her work including the American Artist Magazine Award for the Northeast Watercolor Society and the American Framing Award for the Philadelphia Watercolor Society’s 102nd Anniversary Show.

Addie enjoys the challenge of working in a variety of media. For her, painting is a process of discovery-a willingness to take chances and explore what each medium has to offer.