Linda Stojak is a painter whose career spans more than three decades. She is noted for exploring the convergences between the corporeal and the ethereal in the context of spare, though emotionally complex female forms. Within the liminal space between identity and anonymity she presents alluring emanations, veiled in mystery, that are intended to invite a personal search for meaning.

These figures read less as individuals but instead as timeless specters of humanity and femininity. Some of her figures hover on the canvas like ghosts, receding into smoky, sensuous darkness, while others are grounded in thick outlines that link firmly with their backgrounds. Close observation of her surfaces of apparently monochromatic color revea...