BOY BEACH BOYS
An Exhibition by Walter Baranowski
Exhibition Dates: September 16 – September 27
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, September 18
5 PM – 7 PM
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Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
Plato felt that beautiful objects incorporate proportion, harmony and unity among their parts. Walter's artwork strives to acknowledge Plato and envision simple, elegant and sensual works that evoke the natural places and figures their inspiration came from. When an appreciator of his art embraces the ‘sense of place’ in his work his mission is fulfilled. In his current series of oil / CWM paintings, his focus is to evoke the sensuality of men in a natural environment saturated in light and water - this new series 'Boy Beach Boys' are exercises using transparent layers of paint to convey this.
Artist Bio:
Making objects and paintings has been Walter’s life work from childhood through retirement. After graduating from MassArt his work for 10 years thereafter was as a scientific illustrator at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoōlogy. Concurrently, he was employed as a horticulturist on the 16-acre estate of Ellen Paine, the daughter of renowned landscape architect Charles Eliot. This work fostered his further interest in the environment and led to obtaining a Master of Landscape Architecture degree. Professional work for a series of major landscape architecture firms utilized Walter’s talents in drawing to create visible representations for clients. His own painting in oil was pursued throughout his professional work, but it proliferated after retirement. Walter’s development of acrylic underpainting followed by transparent layers of oil / cold wax medium was used to develop the luminous light-filled canvases he is known for.
