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Birches in the Glen
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the proces...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
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Birch, Lacquer
Light in the Pines
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the process. Using propane torches I burn, scorch, re-burn, sand and scratch the surface of paper or wood to create my drawings.
My earlier work, the Nocturne Series was inspired by walking at night in the light filled streets of American cities; those drawings were often mistaken for soft focus sepia toned photographs. My present work is a considerable departure in regard to content, execution and appearance - from those dark, abstracted cityscapes, my current drawings are light filled, clearly rendered landscapes. The burning process I use to make my drawings evolved differently for each series. Experimentation (in both bodies of work) is always important to me and always informs the resulting image. In the case of the Nocturnes the image arose from intermixing water with the flame from a large industrial torch. With these new works, I’ve tried to create a visually stimulating accumulation of (often minuscule) marks on the wood surface using the tiny flame from a jeweler’s torch...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
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Wood, Birch
Birches: Edge of the Field
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the proces...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
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Birch, Lacquer
Edifice Complex, Rain & Fog
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
Burned pieces by Paul Chojnowski.
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the s...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
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Archival Paper
Fading Light Winter
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the process. Using propane torches I burn, scorch, re-burn, sand and scratch the surface of paper or wood to create my drawings.
My earlier work, the Nocturne Series was inspired by walking at night in the light filled streets of American cities; those drawings were often mistaken for soft focus sepia toned photographs. My present work is a considerable departure in regard to content, execution and appearance - from those dark, abstracted cityscapes, my current drawings are light filled, clearly rendered landscapes. The burning process I use to make my drawings evolved differently for each series. Experimentation (in both bodies of work) is always important to me and always informs the resulting image. In the case of the Nocturnes the image arose from intermixing water with the flame from a large industrial torch. With these new works, I’ve tried to create a visually stimulating accumulation of (often minuscule) marks on the wood surface using the tiny flame from a jeweler’s torch...
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Birch
Hemlock Trail, Autumn
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the process. Using propane torches I burn, scorch, re-burn, sand and scratch the surface of paper or wood to create my drawings.
My earlier work, the Nocturne Series was inspired by walking at night in the light filled streets of American cities; those drawings were often mistaken for soft focus sepia toned photographs. My present work is a considerable departure in regard to content, execution and appearance - from those dark, abstracted cityscapes, my current drawings are light filled, clearly rendered landscapes. The burning process I use to make my drawings evolved differently for each series. Experimentation (in both bodies of work) is always important to me and always informs the resulting image. In the case of the Nocturnes the image arose from intermixing water with the flame from a large industrial torch. With these new works, I’ve tried to create a visually stimulating accumulation of (often minuscule) marks on the wood surface using the tiny flame from a jeweler’s torch...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
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Birch
Straight into Night
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery NYC. Burned pieces by Paul Chojnowski.
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that t...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
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Archival Paper
Nearing Sunset, Summer
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the process. Using propane torches I burn, scorch, re-burn, sand and scratch the surface of paper or wood to create my drawings.
My earlier work, the Nocturne Series was inspired by walking at night in the light filled streets of American cities; those drawings were often mistaken for soft focus sepia toned photographs. My present work is a considerable departure in regard to content, execution and appearance - from those dark, abstracted cityscapes, my current drawings are light filled, clearly rendered landscapes. The burning process I use to make my drawings evolved differently for each series. Experimentation (in both bodies of work) is always important to me and always informs the resulting image. In the case of the Nocturnes the image arose from intermixing water with the flame from a large industrial torch. With these new works, I’ve tried to create a visually stimulating accumulation of (often minuscule) marks on the wood surface using the tiny flame from a jeweler’s torch...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
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Birch
Mountain Birches
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the process. Using propane torches I burn, scorch, re-burn, sand and scratch the surface of paper or wood to create my drawings.
My earlier work, the Nocturne Series was inspired by walking at night in the light filled streets of American cities; those drawings were often mistaken for soft focus sepia toned photographs. My present work is a considerable departure in regard to content, execution and appearance - from those dark, abstracted cityscapes, my current drawings are light filled, clearly rendered landscapes. The burning process I use to make my drawings evolved differently for each series. Experimentation (in both bodies of work) is always important to me and always informs the resulting image. In the case of the Nocturnes the image arose from intermixing water with the flame from a large industrial torch. With these new works, I’ve tried to create a visually stimulating accumulation of (often minuscule) marks on the wood surface using the tiny flame from a jeweler’s torch...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
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Wood, Birch
View Vall II
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the process. Using propane torches I burn, scorch, re-burn, sand and scratch the surface of paper or wood to create my drawings.
My earlier work, the Nocturne Series was inspired by walking at night in the light filled streets of American cities; those drawings were often mistaken for soft focus sepia toned photographs. My present work is a considerable departure in regard to content, execution and appearance - from those dark, abstracted cityscapes, my current drawings are light filled, clearly rendered landscapes. The burning process I use to make my drawings evolved differently for each series. Experimentation (in both bodies of work) is always important to me and always informs the resulting image. In the case of the Nocturnes the image arose from intermixing water with the flame from a large industrial torch. With these new works, I’ve tried to create a visually stimulating accumulation of (often minuscule) marks on the wood surface using the tiny flame from a jeweler’s torch...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
Materials
Birch, Lacquer
Spring Arabesque II
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the process. Using propane torches I burn, scorch, re-burn, sand and scratch the surface of paper or wood to create my drawings.
My earlier work, the Nocturne Series was inspired by walking at night in the light filled streets of American cities; those drawings were often mistaken for soft focus sepia toned photographs. My present work is a considerable departure in regard to content, execution and appearance - from those dark, abstracted cityscapes, my current drawings are light filled, clearly rendered landscapes. The burning process I use to make my drawings evolved differently for each series. Experimentation (in both bodies of work) is always important to me and always informs the resulting image. In the case of the Nocturnes the image arose from intermixing water with the flame from a large industrial torch. With these new works, I’ve tried to create a visually stimulating accumulation of (often minuscule) marks on the wood surface using the tiny flame from a jeweler’s torch...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
Materials
Birch, Lacquer
Three Bridges
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
Burned pieces by Paul Chojnowski.
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the s...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
Materials
Archival Paper
Woodland Lake
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the process. Using propane torches I burn, scorch, re-burn, sand and scratch the surface of paper or wood to create my drawings.
My earlier work, the Nocturne Series was inspired by walking at night in the light filled streets of American cities; those drawings were often mistaken for soft focus sepia toned photographs. My present work is a considerable departure in regard to content, execution and appearance - from those dark, abstracted cityscapes, my current drawings are light filled, clearly rendered landscapes. The burning process I use to make my drawings evolved differently for each series. Experimentation (in both bodies of work) is always important to me and always informs the resulting image. In the case of the Nocturnes the image arose from intermixing water with the flame from a large industrial torch. With these new works, I’ve tried to create a visually stimulating accumulation of (often minuscule) marks on the wood surface using the tiny flame from a jeweler’s torch...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
Materials
Wood, Birch
Views of the Valley
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Fairfield, CT
I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the proces...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paul Chojnowski Art
Materials
Birch, Lacquer
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Walking after dark in the light filled streets of American cities like Boston, New York and Chicago has been my inspiration for an ongoing series of work I call Nocturnes. As a pedestrian one is aware of being surrounded by the rich array of sights and sounds. I have no interest in a studied representation of a street scene per say. My intent with this series has always been to capture a memory, a fleeting moment of what I saw from the corner of my eye as I made my way amidst the bustling city dwellers. Visually, my subject is light: taxi headlights reflecting off wet pavement, neon blaring and shop or apartment windows aglow. I love the energy of the city after dark and I hope to some extent to have captured it in works like On the Street and Out of the Darkness.
Artist CV:
2016 Paper, Plywood & Light, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2015 New & Selected Work, Gilchrist Museum of the Arts, Cumberland, MD
2013 Fire Drawings, James E. Winner Jr. Arts Culture Center, Sharon, PA
2012 NIGHT I LIGHT, James Gallery, Pittsburgh
2011 Searchlights & other works Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2008 Town and Country, Hubert Gallery, New York
Selected Work, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta
2007 Natural and Unnatural Disasters, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston
2005 More Pictures About Buildings and Food, Naoussa Gallery, Tyringham, MA
2004 New Work, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd, New York
New Work, PLUM Gallery, Williamstown, MA
Nudes and Nocturnes, Smart Duval Gallery, Aspen
2003 Threadlines, Naoussa Gallery, Tyringham, MA collaborations Scott Sandell
2002 Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport Atrium Gallery
2001 Revealed by Fire, Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld Gallery, New York
and Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
2000 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
1999 Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld Gallery, New York
1997 Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
1996 Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
1995 AGIARY, Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta, collaboration with Kevin Haller
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, collaboration with Kevin Haller
1993 New Work, Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA
1991 Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
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2018 Landscapes: Capturing the View, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2016 IS 183 Faculty Show, Williamstown, MA
2015 WAVELENGTH: THE ART OF LIGHT, University of Arizona Art Museum, Tucson,
AZ
Fresh Paint, Berkshire Artist Museum, North Adams, MA Fence Select, Arts Center of the Capital District, Troy, NY
2015 CITYSCAPES, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2014 Figuring In, Rudd Art Museum, North Adams MA 2013 SUBurban, SMART CLOTHES Gallery, New York
illuminators, OK Harris Works of Art, New York
The Abstracted City, Hubert Gallery, New York
2012 WORKS ON PAPER, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2011 BLACK & WHITE, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco 2010 Pulp Friction, James Gallery, Pittsburgh
Painted City, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2009 Great Pretenders: An Exhibit of Art Fakery, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson
2008 Turn and Burn, The Gilchrist Gallery, Cumberland, MD
2006 New Visions, The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2005 NEW AMERICAN TALENT the twentieth exhibition, curated by Dan
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2001 BURN: Artists Play with Fire, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach 1999 Westside Inaugural Exhibition, Macon & Company Fine Art, Atlanta 1998 Ink Jet, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
Earthly Visions, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 National Juried Exhibition, No BIAS Gallery, Bennington, VT
1997 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts/Southern Arts Federation Fellowship Exhibition, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1997 New Artists, a baker’s dozen, Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA
Naked Landscape, Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA
New Prints, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
Berkshire Photography, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
Figure 8, Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta
1996 17 Days of Olympic Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paul Chojnowski Art
Materials
Archival Paper
H 18 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
City Lights XXXVI (Cityscape Drawing of New York City at Night in Wood Frame)
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Hudson, NY
New York City cityscape drawing of traffic and lights at night
burned and scorched paper drawing
20 x 13 inches, 23 x 16 x 1.5 inches framed in black walnut stained wood frame
Perhaps the single most fascinating thing about this painting is the artist's choice of medium: water and fire. There is no sepia tone, no pigment, no watercolor. The artist paints iconic views of New York City and other famous American cities with...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paul Chojnowski Art
Materials
Paper
City Lights #4 (Small Heat Transfer Print of NYC Night Traffic)
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Hudson, NY
14 x 10 inches unframed, image size is 7 x 5 inches
$200.00
Heat transfer print
Limited Edition heat transfer prints of New York City neon lights at night...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paul Chojnowski Art
Materials
Screen
City Lights #3 (Small Heat Transfer Print of NYC Night Traffic)
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Hudson, NY
14 x 10 inches unframed, image size is 7 x 5 inches
$200.00
Heat transfer print
Limited Edition heat transfer prints of New York City neon lights at night...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paul Chojnowski Art
Materials
Screen
City Lights #6
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Hudson, NY
14" X 10"
$200.00
Heat transfer print
Image size 7" x 5", Paper size 14" x 10"
NYC, Manhattan, cityscapes, abstract cityscapes, neon lights
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paul Chojnowski Art
City Lights #1
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Hudson, NY
14" X 10"
$200.00
Heat transfer print
Image size 7" x 5", Paper size 14" x 10"
NYC, Manhattan, cityscapes, abstract cityscapes, neon lights
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paul Chojnowski Art
Dusk on the Balcony
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Hudson, NY
burned and scorched drawing on paper
Artist Statement:
Walking after dark in the light filled streets of American cities like Boston, New York and Chicago has been my inspiration...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paul Chojnowski Art
Materials
Paper
City Lights XXXVI
By Paul Chojnowski
Located in Hudson, NY
burned and scorched paper
23 x 16 inches framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paul Chojnowski Art
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