Mike Kowalski

Medium Painting

M 0490 402 129
E mkowalski@olympus.net
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W www.mikekowalskifineart.com

Address 28 Howard Street, Shoreham
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I have been drawing and painting as long as I can remember. Growing up in California as one of five boys, if I wasn’t building a wooden pirate ship with my brothers I was probably in the backyard drawing.

I started entering art shows as a teen and eventually earned a BFA from Utah State University. Raised in California and eventually calling Marrowstone Island, WA home for many years. Since 2012 I have lived in Melbourne, Australia with my partner Lynn, traveling to the USA often to paint, visit friends and family and most importantly my four children. I split my painting time between the surrounds of Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. I continue work as an illustrator specializing in architecture, book, and travel assignments however spend most of my time drawing and painting in watercolors and oils, as well as teaching in Australia and the USA. In 2015 I was awarded the coveted Silver Medal of Honor at the 148th AWS International Exhibition in New York. My work is influenced by John Singer Sargent, Edward Hopper, Ogden Pleissner, Emile Kosa Jr. and many of the great illustrators including N.C. Wyeth and Dean Cornwell, as well as the Australian watercolourists , Hans Heysen and Harold Herbert.

I am passionate about drawing and painting, especially in watercolor. Watercolor is a medium that is easy to pick up but very difficult to master. The best watercolorists in my opinion paint with supreme confidence. I can think of few things in life I enjoy more than the challenge of painting outdoors with my simple array of brushes, paper or canvas and paint.