A good year for still life.

A Short Journey- an exhibition of paintings

at Bethany Lutheran College by William Bukowski. (ending March 30, 2010)

As I looked at my work over the years, I decided

to hang three still lifes that I still own, in a horizontal arrangement. These were all done in a fairly short period of time after my first sabbatical. The year was 1988 and I was coming off of a great trip with Pete beginning in Rome and ending in London. I tightened up the edges, put some high contrast lighting and added some kid drawings, some toys and some shiny objects.

Jeff decided to make an appearance in the top still life as the masked hero, Zorro.

Faces at 30 year show.

A Short Journey, Paintings by William Bukowski at the Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center, on the campus of Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota on display through March.

One wall of my show is reserved for portraits of the family. The cluster is hung salon style with works from 1977-2004. I had to leave many paintings out of the show.

There is one painting in the show that is not mine- but it is of me. Jenna painted me on a four by four foot canvas.

A Short Journey- 30 Year Show at Bethany

On February 25th, there was an opening reception for the show: A Short Journey. The exhibition is at the Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center on the campus of Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota.

The phrase "a short journey" represents one's life and career and the paintings in this show cover more than the 3o year teaching career of Bethany Professor Bill Bukowski.

Foot in the Door at MIA

The Minneapolis Institute of Art has their "Foot in the Door" show currently on display. Any artist in the state of Minnesota could bring artwork to show as long as it was within one foot square or cubic . There is quite a bit of diversity in the exhibition.

I had most of my new work in the show at Hopkins Center for the Arts, so I decided to enter the painting I had given Sherri of Goldie.

The paintings is oil on linen and shows the little cocker spaniel begging with one foot up on the couch. It marks just over a year since Goldie died- March 9, 2009. Now she is remembered in the Minneapolis Institute of Art until June 13, 2010