Sibley Park Paintings featured at the Waseca Art Center.

The Waseca Art Center is showing 15 recent paintings in the Sibley Park series. The show opened on October 13 and will be on display until November 20th. The Waseca Art Center has supported my work with workshops and exhibitions over the years. They have at least 2 paintings and an etching in their permanent collection.

There was a reception last night in Waseca with a gallery talk.

It is always interesting to see your own work up in a public space. It can almost look like someone else's work and can make you feel a little off balance.

Small works.

William Bukowski

Petite Garden II

12" X 9" oil on linen

I don't know if it is the recession. But is seems appropriate to do smaller works. Same brushwork, same intensity but small scale. I just happened to have a few small pre-stretched canvases in the studio. Now, can I do a series?

Invitational Show at GAC.

The Winds of Change at the Hillstrom Museum at Gustavus Adolphus is up and running into November. It is really a great show and features nearly 50 artists from around the state of Minnesota. At the reception on October 6th they had a quartet of dancers performing with music.

There is also a review of the show in the Star tribune's online art section today.

My own painting kind of mimics the Monet, Sisley trio that are framed together in the Musee Orsay in Paris. I wanted to capture that fresh vision of Minnesota fields in a traditional sense with the non-traditional wind turbines in view.

For some reason I felt a little self conscious taking pictures with a lot of people around, so I waited for the crowd to thin.

RiverCrossing Art Fair in Motion

The Mankato area is having an art crawl this weekend. Bethany Lutheran College is a sponsor so I have an exhibition of garden paintings and

waterfalls. Instead of just standing around, I decided to paint, so I am putting the finishing touches on the last of my late summer paintings.

There have been some interesting people coming through even though it is cold and rainy.