http://zarowsky.net/gallery 507 photos in 20 albums en-US Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:33:49 -0400 Gallery 1.5-RC2, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/H20-Water_patterns_and-_reflections/lily_pond_24x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery 144 200 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/H20-Water_patterns_and-_reflections 5482f1796ba08086e8ad5abe2f9967e5 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:02:52 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=H20-Water_patterns_and-_reflections http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/H20-Water_patterns_and-_reflections/lily_pond_24x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/H20-Water_patterns_and-_reflections/lily_pond_24x24_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/H20-Water_patterns_and-_reflections/lily_pond_24x24_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/Show-Listings-and-Bio 9e20db161521a54107c9df54fddddfee Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:24:44 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Show-Listings-and-Bio http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Show-Listings-and-Bio/Untitled_1_001.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Show-Listings-and-Bio/Untitled_1_001.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Show-Listings-and-Bio/Untitled_1_001.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, & 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. http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Canadian-Landscapes-of-Pines 0e81fd26f22d4aba78b968bb9d00b9d1 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:30:42 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Canadian-Landscapes-of-Pines http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Canadian-Landscapes-of-Pines/pine_41_true_north_39_25x34_5_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Canadian-Landscapes-of-Pines/pine_41_true_north_39_25x34_5_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Canadian-Landscapes-of-Pines/pine_41_true_north_39_25x34_5_gp.thumb.jpg The pines, watchtower graceful, unlimitedly stretching dancers groovin’ high with the wind edges whistling forever http://zarowsky.net/gallery/winter_light c9fe72657e417128a9615f4f7b08b743 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:00:32 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=winter_light http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/winter_light/sunlight_streaming_snow_had_been_left_outdoors_all_winter22x30_gp3.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/winter_light/sunlight_streaming_snow_had_been_left_outdoors_all_winter22x30_gp3.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/winter_light/sunlight_streaming_snow_had_been_left_outdoors_all_winter22x30_gp3.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/Seeking-refuge-in-Eternity d692d93a36ba7c3277f5465139450b2f Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:00:40 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Seeking-refuge-in-Eternity http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Seeking-refuge-in-Eternity/time_on_the_surface_of_a_pond_48x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Seeking-refuge-in-Eternity/time_on_the_surface_of_a_pond_48x24_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Seeking-refuge-in-Eternity/time_on_the_surface_of_a_pond_48x24_gp.thumb.jpg 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. http://zarowsky.net/gallery/city_light eddd4cba53a058c38e90b417ae1b177e Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:16:39 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=city_light http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/city_light/autumn_red_8_36x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/city_light/autumn_red_8_36x24_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/city_light/autumn_red_8_36x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Interirors-and-Secluded-Gardens ff024a8f705e96307ade22d26208673a Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:17:27 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Interirors-and-Secluded-Gardens http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Interirors-and-Secluded-Gardens/secluded_backyard_8_24x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Interirors-and-Secluded-Gardens/secluded_backyard_8_24x24_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Interirors-and-Secluded-Gardens/secluded_backyard_8_24x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Canadian-WInter-Landscape-Paintings 9da350458ace6f7f20c01c51506cc246 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:15:48 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Canadian-WInter-Landscape-Paintings http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Canadian-WInter-Landscape-Paintings/beaver_dam_24x25_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Canadian-WInter-Landscape-Paintings/beaver_dam_24x25_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Canadian-WInter-Landscape-Paintings/beaver_dam_24x25_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/Birches c106fb86e83e5f82ae7d9622d1499de1 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:11:23 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Birches http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Birches/life_lines_through_the_forest_26x41_5_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Birches/life_lines_through_the_forest_26x41_5_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Birches/life_lines_through_the_forest_26x41_5_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/northern_light 3c3c6cf66312c9200c4830313ca923a2 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:05:57 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=northern_light http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/northern_light/sunlit_silence_spilling_down_the_hillside_30x40_gp.thumb.jpeg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/northern_light/sunlit_silence_spilling_down_the_hillside_30x40_gp.sized.jpeg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/northern_light/sunlit_silence_spilling_down_the_hillside_30x40_gp.thumb.jpeg clicking on any posted image in any gallery enlarges it: once enlarged clicking again further enlarges it. no this does not go on ad infinitum. MZ http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Georgian-Bay-Precambrian-Rock-Studies 7704b8c450f179f2bc6f14d9fe0f763c Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:02:36 -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/isl_edge_30_5x20_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Georgian-Bay-Precambrian-Rock-Studies/isl_edge_30_5x20_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Georgian-Bay-Precambrian-Rock-Studies/isl_edge_30_5x20_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Overnight-Snowfall 2df50e54fe8be8fb678f0380282bac29 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:51:22 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Overnight-Snowfall http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Overnight-Snowfall/overnight_snowfall_40_30x30_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Overnight-Snowfall/overnight_snowfall_40_30x30_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Overnight-Snowfall/overnight_snowfall_40_30x30_gp.thumb.jpg Spring, summer and fall are wonderful. And the birth to death of the seasons 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/venice ff11b4eac588a2c27db0664817455faf Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:46:33 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=venice http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/venice/san_toma_traghetto_12_24x8_5_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/venice/san_toma_traghetto_12_24x8_5_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/venice/san_toma_traghetto_12_24x8_5_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/heat_humidity_and_color 6e954618aac007525f4ad84748af6411 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:40:27 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=heat_humidity_and_color http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/heat_humidity_and_color/blue_gate_wraparound_palm_shadows_hugging_wall_with_dangling_hibiscus_16_5x15_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/heat_humidity_and_color/blue_gate_wraparound_palm_shadows_hugging_wall_with_dangling_hibiscus_16_5x15_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/heat_humidity_and_color/blue_gate_wraparound_palm_shadows_hugging_wall_with_dangling_hibiscus_16_5x15_gp.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/paris 55abb771d391aa8237c9fdd882322b8a Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:05:41 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=paris http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/balcony_ave_leon_bourgeois_paris_13x9_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/balcony_ave_leon_bourgeois_paris_13x9_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/balcony_ave_leon_bourgeois_paris_13x9_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Chickens 9d0eea6ed8a09ae713795fd53ceb55cc Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:11:45 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Chickens http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Chickens/chciekns_14_12x10_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Chickens/chciekns_14_12x10_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Chickens/chciekns_14_12x10_gp.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/boats%3B-floating-watercolours 05bb613bf2f8279349d006586a9e6175 Thu, 27 May 2010 10:53:42 -0400 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=boats;-floating-watercolours http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/boats%3B-floating-watercolours/boats_friendship_maine_15x22_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/boats%3B-floating-watercolours/boats_friendship_maine_15x22_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/boats%3B-floating-watercolours/boats_friendship_maine_15x22_gp.thumb.jpg Liquid reflections mirroring floating colour above. (A continuing exploration of dories trawlers and the such, over, at last count, five painting trips to the eastern seaboard.) http://zarowsky.net/gallery/Eiffel-Tower-Paintings 3b109e16d4f85e8ed43bfd10203c1416 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:32:43 -0500 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Eiffel-Tower-Paintings http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Eiffel-Tower-Paintings/blue_grey_eiffel_3_36x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Eiffel-Tower-Paintings/blue_grey_eiffel_3_36x24_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/Eiffel-Tower-Paintings/blue_grey_eiffel_3_36x24_gp.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/landscape_and_light f58d94048123beb9228639d220469378 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:40:02 -0500 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=landscape_and_light http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/H20-Water_patterns_and-_reflections/lily_pond_24x24_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/H20-Water_patterns_and-_reflections/lily_pond_24x24_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/H20-Water_patterns_and-_reflections/lily_pond_24x24_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 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:21:09 -0500 http://zarowsky.net/gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=ancient_light http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/balcony_ave_leon_bourgeois_paris_13x9_gp.thumb.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/balcony_ave_leon_bourgeois_paris_13x9_gp.sized.jpg http://zarowsky.net/gallery/albums/paris/balcony_ave_leon_bourgeois_paris_13x9_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