Gheorghe Virtosu

The abstract art of British artist Gheorghe Virtosu is filled with interwoven tensions: it is at once authentic yet also fantastical; it is simultaneously bold while also inviting the viewer to engage. These diametrically opposed characteristics combine to create a revolutionary body of work that combines rich color, energy, and motion to invoke a sense of passion within each painting. Beneath these compelling surface tensions captured in Gheorghe Virtosu’s work lies the artist’s pursuit of expressive freedom, a luxury afforded to the artist only after his youthful years. Growing up in Socialist Eastern Bloc countries, Gheorghe Virtosu experienced oppression as a young man, the culmination of which was a period of incarceration. Wanting to liberate himself from such bondage, Virtosu turned to abstract art to channel his energies into a vehicle for change. He looked to his childhood love of drawing and recalled how such activity helped him cope with feelings of unhappiness and ri