The landscapes are meditative in so far that our underlying and connecting commitment to Nature through them is all about light and water, neither of which can be painted directly. Treating light as pure source the paintings are an expression/realization of its effects; water being transparent, always different, lets us explore/express it through the very reflections that try to confine it._ You will find something more in woods than in books._ Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. _ ~Saint Bernard (1090 - 1153), Epistle__ To purchase any works in the online gallery please contact us at micheal@zarowsky.net

The paintings are impressions of the particular. Water spilling reflections across the surfaces of silent wetlands. Unique moments in time. Individual meditative moments, quiet places that neither reveal themselves easily, nor ask anyone to specifically to come there, single natural pearls antecedent to / breaking free of any necklaced existence.

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, & have once again done so here. A lateral move perhaps, I am now painting with watercolours directly on gessoed norwegian birch panels as well as continuing to work on paper. Working on gessoed panels is 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 possibilities in textures, the visual strength, immediacy & directness of the finished paintings; the results have a 'terse-ness' to them. Some paintings are further worked with acrylics; others, with pastels, & as such are 'mixed media' paintings. I finish/complete the paintings by painting around the edges; as such they can be hung without a frame or floated in a float frame. To secure the watercolour I lightly apply 2 coats of spray fixative; once dry, lay on 2 coats of acrylic varnish, (same as any oil / acrylic), sealing it permanently against the elements.