\"The Joy of Painting\" an exhibit in Clark

September 12 – 30, 2014

Art Opening:
Friday, September 12, 2014
8:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Artists:
DANA ABEL, MALGORZATA GASIENICA-MALEK, TINA GIBADAURI, WANDA GRZELAK, JOLA KRZANOWSKA, MICHELLE LEGIEC, HALINA NAWROT, MARTA NOWAK, MARZENA NOWAK, MARCIN PISARCZYK, MARGARET SMOLARSKI and ALEKSANDRA K. NOWAK

DANA ABEL -  mathematician by profession, born in Poznan, Poland.  Dana works with pastels and oils, took private lessons in pastel with Christina Debarry.  She is a member of the Pastel Society of America, won several prizes at the Juried art shows in Ridgewood Art Institute, N.J.

MALGORZATA GASIENICA-MALEK -  geologist by profession and tour guide, born in Zakopane, Poland,  her favorite technique is watercolor.

TINA GIBADAURI -  economist, born in Republic of Georgia, started learning the oil technique early this Spring.

WANDA GRZELAK -  beautician, born in Wroclaw, Poland, learning painting since last year.

JOLA KRZANOWSKA -  economist,, born in Sanok, Poland, started to learn the painting only last year.

MICHELLE LEGIEC -  lawyer, born in Elizabeth, NJ, became interesting in painting just a few moths ago.

MARTA NOWAK -   senior in Wayne Hills HS, born in  Portchester, NY, passionate about painting took art courses at Rhode Island School of Design and attended for one year the National Academy of Art, NYC.


MARZENA NOWAK - nurse by profession, born in Katowice, Poland, started art lessons in 2012

MARCIN PISARCZYK -  architect by profession, born in Frydman, Poland.  Since 2005 oil painting is his favorite passion.

MARGARET SMOLARSKI -  beautician by profession, born in Lutcza, Poland, emigrated to United States as a child.  At early age she was interested in painting, she learned her skill at Vocational School in Linden, NJ and also taking private art classes.

ALEKSANDRA K. NOWAK - represented exclusively 2002-2012 by CFM Gallery in So-Ho and later in Chelsea,  New York City.

“Studying art in both her native Poland and in the United States, she has taken from both, the highest standards.
Moving her oil paints as if they were watercolors Ms Nowak’s work evokes memories of Schiele, the darkest of the Vienna Succession painters.
As with many of the truly talented artists it has been my privilage to know her, Aleksandra views herself as a conduit.  She is conscious of the artistic requirements of her paintings, but even so, does not feel that it is she that is their genesis.”

Neil Zukerman, August 2005
(owner of CFM Gallery)

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