http://zarowsky.net/gallery 663 photos in 22 albums en-US Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:08:36 -0400 Gallery 1.5-RC2, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album06/invite_magnolia.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery 132 200 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/album06 ebc4246b6a71a3464d0c0145da186990 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:49:16 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album06 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album06/invite_magnolia.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album06/invite_magnolia.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album06/invite_magnolia.thumb.jpg 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, and have once again done so here. For over a year now, I have now been painting with watercolours directly on gessoed norwegian birch panels. Working on gessoed panels isn’t much fun, being 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 and directness of the finished paintings; the results have a 'terse-ness' to them. The paintings are finished by painting around the edges and as such can be hung without a frame or floated in a float frame. To secure the watercolour I lightly apply 2 coats of spray fixative, and once dry, lay on 2 coats of matt varnish, just as any oil or acrylic, to seal it permanently against the elements. Having scoured the internet for anyone else working in the same way, & unable to find a soul painting watercolours directly onto gessoed panels, I find myself, for a brief moment anyways, in a unique position creating something never been done before. http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Seeking-refuge-in-Eternity cc0335438353b078c4a7e21035cc1eeb Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:48:10 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Seeking-refuge-in-Eternity http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Seeking-refuge-in-Eternity/beaver_pond_28x26_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Seeking-refuge-in-Eternity/beaver_pond_28x26_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Seeking-refuge-in-Eternity/beaver_pond_28x26_gp.thumb.jpg The paintings are impressions of the particular. 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. http://zarowsky.net/gallery/album09 b6f3826f5f21713f252f54af6823cbd5 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:27:39 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album09 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album09/open_cedar_stream_6_18x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album09/open_cedar_stream_6_18x24_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album09/open_cedar_stream_6_18x24_gp.thumb.jpg Zarowsky’s shared experience is what opens up on these webpages; his ability to lose one’s edges, to become one with nature, as evidenced by his natural gift of, ability for, natural, original, unique composition expressed thru painting offers up and places one in contact with a much needed rediscovery of Canadian wilderness, direct /immediate, not seen since the early days of Tom Thomson and a natural progression from Thomson’s works. http://zarowsky.net/gallery/water_patterns_and-_reflections 3398bf3309349842f10548170f3ab84f Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:26:18 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=water_patterns_and-_reflections http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/water_patterns_and-_reflections/infinity_rings_39_20x40_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/water_patterns_and-_reflections/infinity_rings_39_20x40_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/water_patterns_and-_reflections/infinity_rings_39_20x40_gp.thumb.jpg The idea has grown beyond the initial vision. A series of pure meditations; as the 'water rings' expand towards infinity reaching out beyond the edges of the painting, they take me out into my thoughts at any particular moment. Each time I come back to the painting they take me somewhere else. Equally, 'the beginning of rain', the precious few moments of individual raindrop clarity before the clouds open everything disseminates into a torrent that is every day. [edit description] http://zarowsky.net/gallery/album02 f0ebfec22fb69c154ec439e0b45068ec Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:07:42 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album02 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album02/birch_n_reflection_12_10x12_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album02/birch_n_reflection_12_10x12_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album02/birch_n_reflection_12_10x12_gp.thumb.jpg A birch reflected. Mirror calm pond. How utterly simple; direct yet rivetingly powerful idea of tranquility. This meditation on eternity, this merging of opposites, isolates the essence of a pond illumintaing the small part of the whole, and so becoming the very symbol of that which it represents. Once again we have presented the effect of abstraction while actually painting in a realistic way the isolated element that signifies with utmost economy, the wider scene. http://zarowsky.net/gallery/venice a32afa9703d1941d53bd24fb276adf32 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:44:14 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=venice http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/venice/market_boat_castello_26x20_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/venice/market_boat_castello_26x20_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/venice/market_boat_castello_26x20_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Georgian-Bay-Precambrian-Rock-Studies 086b4c1d3a0c003554969d9484497f03 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:26:19 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Georgian-Bay-Precambrian-Rock-Studies http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Georgian-Bay-Precambrian-Rock-Studies/red_maple_n_precambrian_rox_mahzenazing_river_30x22.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Georgian-Bay-Precambrian-Rock-Studies/red_maple_n_precambrian_rox_mahzenazing_river_30x22.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Georgian-Bay-Precambrian-Rock-Studies/red_maple_n_precambrian_rox_mahzenazing_river_30x22.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/album03 6d5e5cceced4075d91334ce6a9908f69 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:25:06 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album03 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album03/pine_31_20x48_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album03/pine_31_20x48_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album03/pine_31_20x48_gp.thumb.jpg The pines, watchtower graceful, unlimitedly stretching dancers groovin’ high with the wind edges whistling forever http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Overnight-Snowfall 884df09bc01c40c7c140acb94649efb6 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:23:04 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Overnight-Snowfall http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Overnight-Snowfall/overnight_snowfall_28_36x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Overnight-Snowfall/overnight_snowfall_28_36x24_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Overnight-Snowfall/overnight_snowfall_28_36x24_gp.thumb.jpg Spring, summer and fall are wonderful. And the birth to death cycle, a tad linear in its plodding progression does lead us to winter. Winter, takes my breath away. Chaotic, unpredictable, repeatedly trying to overwhelmingly please by dressing up all night in white to show off come magical morning. http://zarowsky.net/gallery/winter_light 77bc18ecf518fc7223bdd3c64992b67c Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:17:06 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=winter_light http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/winter_light/open_stream_16_13_75x26_75.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/winter_light/open_stream_16_13_75x26_75.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/winter_light/open_stream_16_13_75x26_75.thumb.jpg As you know, I love your gesso paintings - they are joyously colourful, animated with light. You have always been a master of water, but your new works, as meticulous as ever, are brighter and more exuberant. At the same time they are profoundly contemplative and quiet. This paradox intrigues me, and renders your work captivating. They may feel so alive because they capture light in a way that plays with the moment, and then slightly differently the next moment and changed again, the moment after that. So they are continuously fresh and vibrant. Caroline Rennie - Switzerland http://zarowsky.net/gallery/heat_humidity_and_color 5f12edfb429f964e8dd8575763734e3d Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:19:06 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=heat_humidity_and_color http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/heat_humidity_and_color/backalley_cafe_36x18.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/heat_humidity_and_color/backalley_cafe_36x18.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/heat_humidity_and_color/backalley_cafe_36x18.thumb.jpg Working with the element we know best, we continue our use of light as a means of personal expression evoked by changes in an endless rhythm of strong, bright colors absorbing the sub-tropical heat and humidity. Color is the buildings, the plants, the birds, the very names of everything. We end up feeling the true subject here is color. To purchase any works in the online gallery please contact us at micheal@zarowsky.net http://zarowsky.net/gallery/northern_light 19b6cb92ef8e39cf039fac3c6bb0841d Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:17:01 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=northern_light http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/northern_light/dawn_24x32_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/northern_light/dawn_24x32_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/northern_light/dawn_24x32_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Interirors-and-Secluded-Gardens 90a1c9b12fcefce6e40374ae0549b23b Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:15:09 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Interirors-and-Secluded-Gardens http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Interirors-and-Secluded-Gardens/blue_cups_2_in_terior_for_Vuillard_17_5x26.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Interirors-and-Secluded-Gardens/blue_cups_2_in_terior_for_Vuillard_17_5x26.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Interirors-and-Secluded-Gardens/blue_cups_2_in_terior_for_Vuillard_17_5x26.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/paris 9d2a128a29dca786c666caeae873fed0 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:14:30 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=paris http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/eiffel_40x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/eiffel_40x24_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/eiffel_40x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/city_light c69c9938916448e760fe26cf76c745b8 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:33:54 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=city_light http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/city_light/magnolia_8_36x_30_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/city_light/magnolia_8_36x_30_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/city_light/magnolia_8_36x_30_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/album08 30b9a67f02fbd68982d055a264600789 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:36:03 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album08 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album08/eiffel_24_24x24.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album08/eiffel_24_24x24.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album08/eiffel_24_24x24.thumb.jpg In my ongoing love affair with the Eiffel, one of the things that blows me away is the inherent contradiction of standing under an open structure and simultaneously feeling all of its' almost oppressive weight. http://zarowsky.net/gallery/album07 0f7384631992d655c2e154b787a3dd47 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:14:33 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album07 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album07/evening_trawlers_2_copy.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album07/evening_trawlers_2_copy.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album07/evening_trawlers_2_copy.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/album04 1d2822b5c44c18f247db81bf99106e77 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:10:37 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album04 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album04/midnight_crossing_10x14_5.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album04/midnight_crossing_10x14_5.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album04/midnight_crossing_10x14_5.thumb.jpg This all started with friends up north who were raising among other things, free range chickens, & during our stay gave me the task of feeding them. We became friends, the chickens and moi; i was taken off the task, after, in my desire to restore their calcium levels i fed them the egg shells from a breakfast of bacon n eggs, only to be told i had opened the door for them to now cannabolize the eggs they were laying. picky picky picky. http://zarowsky.net/gallery/album01 6cf912f95e54f9de0e3cc46bc2619042 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:09:15 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album01 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album01/Dogwood_Sunset_22_x_30_300_dpi.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album01/Dogwood_Sunset_22_x_30_300_dpi.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album01/Dogwood_Sunset_22_x_30_300_dpi.thumb.jpg The Red Forest Series has won three different awards over the past year. Some of these award winning images are still available Studio Open By Appointment Tel: 416.925.8510 / email:micheal@zarowsky.net http://zarowsky.net/gallery/album05 cf86a0ef0c7b66d9c6f58114bd0f31a7 Thu, 01 May 2008 11:33:20 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album05 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album05/20_views_of_paris_from_a_balcony_1_30x22.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album05/20_views_of_paris_from_a_balcony_1_30x22.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/album05/20_views_of_paris_from_a_balcony_1_30x22.thumb.jpg The series derives from a blend of my fondness of realism with my being a painter of 'black' - which allows me to play loose with reality... http://zarowsky.net/gallery/landscape_and_light f58d94048123beb9228639d220469378 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:51:11 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=landscape_and_light http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/city_light/magnolia_8_36x_30_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/city_light/magnolia_8_36x_30_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/city_light/magnolia_8_36x_30_gp.thumb.jpg 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 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/ancient_light a0fc6da0ebc4230eb9b240eb15e40457 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:59:36 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=ancient_light http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/eiffel_40x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/eiffel_40x24_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/eiffel_40x24_gp.thumb.jpg Buttermilk skies in a December Paris morning; Salt and sea air bouncing all over aged canal building walls in Venice; the mistral intertwining light with sound as it sweeps down thru the mountains in Provence; the brilliant white waterfront buildings centered creamily in a blue sky/blue water cookie that is the Cyclades; essences of perfect moments all; then we decided to paint interiors that had to be alive. Being funky, they sparkle with life. To purchase any works in the online gallery please contact us at micheal@zarowsky.net