Bukowski Painting- Thrivent in April

William Bukowski    16 paintings

oils on linen  

1st Floor Gallery

 

 Thrivent Investment 

625 Fourth Ave. South

Minneapolis

In April, there will be 16 of my garden paintings on display at the corporate headquarters of Thrivent in Minneapolis.  There is a first floor gallery with movable walls.  I have a painting on the front and back of each wall.   The show represents many of my recent paintings including the paintings from last summer.  The Sibley Park Series began in 2004 and has resulted in many variations of the garden imagery.   

Bukowski Painting- Ylvisaker Drawing Invitational

Through March, I have 2 watercolors in the Ylvisaker Drawing Invitational.  This is a very unique show for Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota.  It brings together 27 artists that have contributed to the art culture at Bethany.  Some are professors at Bethany and Wisconsin Lutheran College,  and some are former students (as long ago as the 1980s and as new as last May).  And the rest of the artists in the show have already shown at Bethany or have inspired students, meeting them in places like Paris or Florence.  Next Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. there will be a reception for the artists and a gallery talk by contributing artist Jim Shugrue.  Jim worked with me on the Creation Fresco in 2002 in the Meyer Hall of Math and Science at Bethany.

Bukowski Painting- APW Show in New York

The APW Gallery hosted a show called World of Imagination Volume 2.  The gallery is at 48-18 Van Dam St.  Long Island City, New York.  I decided to enter the show after being invited via the internet.   The opening reception was March 9, 2009.  I wasn't able to attend, but if you check out their website you can see a video of the reception.  A couple of my paintings show up in the picture.   I had 5 garden paintings on display.  Two if mine are in the second picture on the top row.

Bukowski Painting- In the Details

William Bukowski

Peak Summer (detail)

in progress

I had a chance to see a Bonnard painting at the Minneapolis Art Institute today.  I really liked how unintentional his brushwork looks.  I also liked his use of blue and violet.  I've seen the painting at least a couple of hundred times, but right now it seems more relevant.  This is a detail of one of my garden paintings.  I am beginning to feel like this is coming together.