Zarowsky.net displays and sells paintings by an American watercolor painter
Watercolor paintings by Toronto, Ontario-based Artist Micheal Zarowsky
Excerpted from the website description:
- Micheal Zarowsky is a Toronto, Ontario-based artist whose watercolor paintings of Canada's landscapes, european streets, the canals of Venice and tropical heat celebrate light.
Additional Information
Micheal Zarowsky (www.zarowsky.net)
Canadian painter, working in watercolour acrylic and pastels on paper and on gessoed birch panels
Member CSPWC
Combined Hons.Degree in Philosophy and Psychology, York University, Toronto, 76.
Watercolours on arches paper, watercolours painted directly on gessoeod Norwegian birch panels, watercolours painted directly on absorbent ground on gessoed birch panels (the work on panels is also described as mixed media)
Never one to be contained by any medium, we have over the years made continuous leaps forward to take the watercolour medium in new directions opening new possibilities, and have once again done so here. I am now painting with watercolours directly on gessoed norwegian birch panels. Working on gessoed panels isn’t much fun, being akin to painting on kitchen counter top with every stroke beading up streaking, smearing, misbehaving like so much split coloured water, but I am dazzled by the new textures, the strength, immediacy and directness that results, (and my work on paper is strong).The paintings are finished by painting around the edges and as such can be hung without a frame or floated in a float frame. To secure the watercolour I lightly apply 2 coats of spray fixative, and once dry, lay on 2 coats of matt varnish, just as any oil or acrylic, to seal it permanently against the elements. Having scoured the internet for anyone else working in the same way, & unable to find a soul painting watercolours directly onto gessoed panels, I find myself, for a brief moment anyways, in a unique position creating something never been done before.
Micheal Zarowsky seems to have a line of vision that is altogether novel and intriguing.
He sees some fragment of a far larger landscape and he takes this element, turns it a little, plays with the colours, and creates a painting that is a highly appealing blend of impressionism and realism. Micheal has an uncanny ability to isolate the essence of a landscape, and then illuminate the small part of the whole, which becomes the very symbol of that which it represents. That, of course, is what abstraction is all about; but the genius of Micheal Zarowsky is that he presents the effect of abstraction while he is actually painting in a realistic way some isolated element that signifies, with utmost economy, the wider scene.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2011 Nov 1 – Dec 30 - Open Studio Fall Art Sale, Elm Ave., Toronto April 15 – May 30 - Spring Open Studio Exhibition & Sale, 11 Elm Ave., Toronto
2010 Nov 1 –Dec 30 - Autumn Open Studio Exhibition & Sale, 11 Elm Ave., Toronto April 1 – 30 - Spring Open Studio Exhibition & Sale, 11 Elm Ave., Toronto
2009 Nov 1 – 30 - Autumn Open Studio Exhibition & Sale, 11 Elm Ave., Toronto April 1 – 30 - Spring Open Studio Exhibition & Sale, 11 Elm Ave., Toronto
2008 Nov 20 -22 - New Watercolours - Ontario North; fall and winter abstracted landscapes, Leonardo Gallery, 133 Avenue Road, Toronto Oct 2nd – Nov 1 - Campbell House Museum / Gallery – 160 Queen St W. Toronto April 17-19 - Watercolours on Gessoed panels & on Arches paper – Ontario Winter, Magnolias, Infinity Rings, Pines, & new work from Paris – Leonardo Gallery, 133 Avenue Rd, Toronto
2007
- Nov 15 – 17 - Watercolours on gessoed panels & on Arches paper – Leonardo Gallery 133 Avenue Rd., Toronto
- April 12 – 18 - Watercolours on gessoed birch panels & onArches paper; OntarioLandscapes & Parisian Cityscapes - Leonardo Gallery – 133 Avenue Rd., Toronto
2006
- Nov 9th, - CFI - Corpfinance International Limited, 229 Niagara St., Toronto
- Oct 17 – 28 - Georgian Bay, the water, the pines, the rock, a unique and novel interpretation; New paintings from Venice, Niagara Street Gallery, 254 Niagara St., Toronto
- April 5 – 15 - 20 Views of Paris from a balcony series, Ontario Winter n Georgian Bay, Parisian Interiors, Niagara Street Gallery, 254 Niagara St. Toronto
2005
- Nov 14 – 25 - Ministry of the Attorney General, Crown Law Office – 720 Bay St., Toronto
- Nov 4 – 5 - Fall/Winter Abstracted light of Ontario, Essential Venice, & Funky Parisian Interiors, Gallery 401, Suite 240, 401 Richmond Street. W., Toronto
- April 15 – 16 - Trellised gardens/canals Venice/Parisian interiors/Ontario landscapes – Gallery 401, Suite 240 – 401 Richmond St. W. Toronto
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Dec 4 Artscape Holiday Art Sale, Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St., Toronto Nov 3 – 6 Art Gallery of Hamilton Fall Art Sale, Hamilton Oct 25 – Nov 18 86th Exhibition of Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour: Open water 2011 John B Aird Gallery, 900 Bay St, Toronto – D L STEVENSON & SONS AWARD Oct 21 – 23 McMichael Autumn Art Sale, Kleinburg, ON Aug 5 – 21 Square Foot Art Exhibit – AWOL Gallery, Toronto May 11th, Varley Fine Art Auction, Varley Gallery, Markham, (via Petroff Gallery) April 9 Kingsway Lambton United Church Art Show & Sale, 85 The Kingsway, Toronto April 2nd – May 14 Latcham Gallery, Stouffville ON, - Annual Juried Exhibition
2010
Nov 5th Bayscape Art Auction – Georgian Bay Land Trust – Capitol Event Theatre, 2491 Yonge St. Toronto Oct 22- 24 McMichael Autumn Art Sale, Kleinburg, Ont Sep 9 – 25 Junction Art Festival, Latitude 44 gallery, 2900 Dundas St W, Toronto July 7 – Aug 8 Reflections – CSPWC 85th Anniversary Members Show – Roberts Gallery, Toronto May 2 – June 5 Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON, Annual Juried Exhibition April 10 Kingsway-Lambton United Church Art Show & Sale, 85 The Kingsway, Toronto Feb 10 Group Exhibition – Tag Art Gallery, St Catherines, Ontario
2009
Dec 3/09 – Jan 16/10 Annual Winter Group Show – Leonardo Gallery, 133 Ave. Rd Toronto Oct 30 – 31 Lawrence Park Community Church Art Exhibition & Sale, Toronto Sept 13 Jazz by The Pond, Port Perry, Ontario Sept 12 - 13 The Gallery Wall, Kingsway Festival, Toronto August 6 – 16 Propeller Gallery Toronto – The Aftershow – Propeller’s picks from the 2009 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Feb 28 – April 11 Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ont. Juried Exhibition Jan 23 – Mar 8 Convergence: 46th Annual Juried Exhibition: Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound
2008
Dec 6 – 13, The Gallery Wall – Christmas Show, 2891 Bloor St W. Toronto Dec 5 – 31, Leonardo Gallery – Gallery Artists – White Slate Exhibition, 133 Ave., Rd Toronto Nov 15 – 16 Leaside Art de-Tour – 28 Industrial Rd, Toronto Nov 20 – Jan 11, 2009 Varley Art Gallery, Annual York Region Juried Exhibition - Unionville Sept 5 - 6 The Gallery Wall, Kingsway Festival, Toronto
2007
- Oct 20 – Nov 25 82nd Exhibition of Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, Open Water 2007 – The Market Gallery, St Lawrence Market, Torornto
- Sept 29 – Oct 6 Brian Kipping Tribute Exhibition, Bau-xi Gallery, 340 Dundas St W, Toronto
- Sept 14 – Oct 14 Crossing Borders Exhibition, Kenan Centre, Lockport NY
- Sept 7 – 8 The Gallery Wall, Kingsway Festival Exhibition, Toronto
- Sept 7 – 14 Praxis Gallery, Annual Still Life Exhibition, 1614 Queen St W, Toronto
- July 13 – 26 Praxis Gallery, Annual Summer Heat Exhibition, 1614 Queens St W., Toronto
- June 15 – 28 Praxis Gallery, 11th Annual Juried Exhibition – Landscape – The Lasting Inspiration – 1614 Queen St W - Toronto
- June 6 Edwards Gardens, Toronto, Wizo-Hadassah Fundraiser
- May 18 – Sept 30 New work from Killarney – Killarney Mountain Lodge, Killarney
- April 14 – May 12 Latcham Gallery. Stouffville, Ontario
- Feb 2 – Mar 25 Convergence, 44th Annual Juried Exhibition, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound
2006
- Dec 3 – 17 – 06 Art X Six – Group Exhibit, The Gallery Wall, 2892 Bloor St. W. Toronto
- Nov 19 / 06 – Jan 14 / 07 Varley Art Gallery, Annual York Region Juried Exhibition. 216 Main St., Unionville,
- Oct 31 – Nov 24 81st Exhibition of Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, Open Water - John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto Currys/Daler-Rowney Ltd Award
