09.12.2014

"The Joy of Painting" an exhibit of oil paintings and watercolors

September 12 – 30, 2014

SKULSKI ART GALLERY presents

"The Joy of Painting" an exhibit of oil paintings and watercolors

by students of  Aleksandra Nowak Art School
located at the Polish Cultural Foundation
177 Broadway, Clark, New Jersey 07066

September 12 – 30, 2014

Art Opening:
Friday, September 12, 2014
8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Admission is free and light refreshments will be served.

Artists:
DANA ABEL, MALGORZATA GASIENICA-MALEK, TINA GIBADAURI, WANDA GRZELAK, JOLA KRZANOWSKA, MICHELLE LEGIEC, HALINA NAWROT, MARTA NOWAK, MARZENA NOWAK, MARCIN PISARCZYK, MARGARET SMOLARSKI and ALEKSANDRA K. NOWAK


DANA ABEL -  mathematician by profession, born in Poznan, Poland.  Dana works with pastels and oils, took private lessons in pastel with Christina Debarry.  She is a member of the Pastel Society of America, won several prizes at the Juried art shows in Ridgewood Art Institute, N.J.

Still Life with Lemons	Dana Abel

MALGORZATA GASIENICA-MALEK -  geologist by profession and tour guide, born in Zakopane, Poland,  her favorite technique is watercolor.

Małgorzata Gąsienica-Malek	Snow in Tatry

 

TINA GIBADAURI -  economist, born in Republic of Georgia, started learning the oil technique early this Spring.

Tina Gabidaur	Pink Chrisanthemums

WANDA GRZELAK -  beautician, born in Wroclaw, Poland, learning painting since last year.

Wanda Grzelak	Lillies

JOLA KRZANOWSKA -  economist,, born in Sanok, Poland, started to learn the painting only last year.

Roses	Jola Krzanowska

MICHELLE LEGIEC -  lawyer, born in Elizabeth, NJ, became interesting in painting just a few moths ago.

Michelle Legiec	Rays (unfinished)

HALINA NAWROT – architect by profession, born in Bialystok, Poland, painting and drawing was always her passion, especially portraiture.  Last two years she was able to participate in several exhibitions and received two awards.

Aleksandra's Garden	Halina Nawrot

MARTA NOWAK -   senior in Wayne Hills HS, born in  Portchester, NY, passionate about painting took art courses at Rhode Island School of Design and attended for one year the National Academy of Art, NYC.

Marta Nowak	Liliana

MARZENA NOWAK - nurse by profession, born in Katowice, Poland, started art lessons in 2012

Marzena Nowak	Shore

MARCIN PISARCZYK -  architect by profession, born in Frydman, Poland.  Since 2005 oil painting is his favorite passion. 

Meca	Marcin Pisarczyk

MARGARET SMOLARSKI -  beautician by profession, born in Lutcza, Poland, emigrated to United States as a child.  At early age she was interested in painting, she learned her skill at Vocational School in Linden, NJ and also taking private art classes. 

Still Life with Chrisanthemums	Margaret Smolarski

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ALEKSANDRA K. NOWAK - represented exclusively 2002-2012 by CFM Gallery in So-Ho and later in Chelsea,  New York City.

Any Moment
	Claire in Summer Dress

“Studying art in both her native Poland and in the United States, she has taken from both, the highest standards.
Moving her oil paints as if they were watercolors Ms Nowak’s work evokes memories of Schiele, the darkest of the Vienna Succession painters.
As with many of the truly talented artists it has been my privilage to know her, Aleksandra views herself as a conduit.  She is conscious of the artistic requirements of her paintings, but even so, does not feel that it is she that is their genesis.”

Neil Zukerman, August 2005
(owner of CFM Gallery)