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" A Shadow passes over and hides something, then the sun comes out and illuminates what was not there a moment before. I find it interesting how my perceptions are constantly fluctuating and I enjoy the process of bringing them to the canvas. The hills, meadows, mountains and streams are my playground, they are what made me a painter. They are the places I go to relax, re-energize, and to contemplate. I resource the hues and contours of these places with the tools of abstraction to gradually remove what is recognizable. I directly reference the immediate world around me, however, each painting is an amalgam of many places and experiences. Curiosity, observation, revealing, concealing, wonder, discovery, exploration, all describe the journey. I often think I am much more of a builder of paintings. Layers are constructed with the physical push and pull of applying and chipping away of skins of medium, writing, drawing, scribbling and scratching. My work continues to evolve year after year as my knowledge of self and my understanding of the nature of reality has matured."
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Bradley Kachnowicz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is self taught, has painted his entire life and has work in collections - private and corporate across the United States and Europe.
Known for adventurous texture, mark making and a vivid pallet, Bradley mingles the emotion and physicality of the process of abstraction with expressive representation. One experiences a diverse range of imagery and technique in his work. Birds, butterflies, figures, flowers and animals are rendered real, fancifully or even with humor. His bold surfaces evolve gradually through persistent application and chipping away of materials which can include oil, acrylic, gesso, ink, oil stick, pastel, graphite, waxed crayon, dried herbs and Southwest Desert sand. Inspired words and phrases from the philosophies of Buddhism and Native Cultures also find their way scribbled and scratched repetitiously within the numerous layers.
Each painting travels its unique path to fruition. Each painting is an attempt to bridge the ordinary with the underlying beauty of the present moment. “ A painting works when no matter how long you live with it there is continually something new to discover. “
Bradley has had representation in Wisconsin, Florida, Colorado, and New Mexico. He paints full-time and is grateful to call home
Bayfield Colorado with his 2 dogs and the woman of his dreams.
Known for adventurous texture, mark making and a vivid pallet, Bradley mingles the emotion and physicality of the process of abstraction with expressive representation. One experiences a diverse range of imagery and technique in his work. Birds, butterflies, figures, flowers and animals are rendered real, fancifully or even with humor. His bold surfaces evolve gradually through persistent application and chipping away of materials which can include oil, acrylic, gesso, ink, oil stick, pastel, graphite, waxed crayon, dried herbs and Southwest Desert sand. Inspired words and phrases from the philosophies of Buddhism and Native Cultures also find their way scribbled and scratched repetitiously within the numerous layers.
Each painting travels its unique path to fruition. Each painting is an attempt to bridge the ordinary with the underlying beauty of the present moment. “ A painting works when no matter how long you live with it there is continually something new to discover. “
Bradley has had representation in Wisconsin, Florida, Colorado, and New Mexico. He paints full-time and is grateful to call home
Bayfield Colorado with his 2 dogs and the woman of his dreams.
EVENTS / COLLECTIONS
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2022
Create Art & Tea Gallery, Durango CO Earth and Vessel Gallery, Durango CO 2021 Painting "Edible" chosen for The San Juan Symphony Season, " The Sound of Resilience". Durango CO Paintings Show cased in "Building off the Grid" Television show 2019 Pura Vida, Durango CO Rochchester Hotel, Durango CO Eno, Durango CO 2015 Rochester Hotel, solo show,Durango, CO 2014 Wolfwood Art Auction, Durango, CO Pura Vida, Solo Show, Durango, CO Eno, Solo Show, Durango, CO Bayfield Library, Solo Show, Bayfield, CO St. Marks, ICON show, Durango, CO & , Group Show, Durango, CO 2013 Lost Dog, Art Spectacle, Durango, CO Wolfwood Art Auction, Durango, CO St Marks, ICON Show, Durango, CO 2012 Arroyo Gallery, Canyon Rd., Santa Fe, NM Wolfwood Art Auction, Durango, CO St Marks, ICON show, Durango,CO 2011 Arroyo Gallery, Canyon rd. Santa FE, NM Gallery 41, Durango, CO 2010 Cogswell Gallery, Vail,CO Arroyo Gallery, Canyon Rd. Santa FE, NM St. Marks, ICON Show, Durango, CO 2009 Durango Art Center, 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Durango, CO Cortez Cultural Center, Birding Festival, Cortez, CO Durango Art Center, Deliciously Weird, Durango, CO Red House Gallery, Bayfield, CO Studio 55 at Wildflower, Durango, CO Cogswell Gallery, Vail, CO 2008 Cogswell Gallery, Vail, CO Wildflower, Durango, CO St. Marks, ICON Show, Durango, CO Cortez Cultural Center, Birding Festival, Cortez, CO 2007 San Juan National Forest Artist in Residence Exhibit, Cortez, CO St. Marks, ICON Show, Durango, CO Cortez Cultural Center, Birding Festival, Cortez, CO 2006 San Juan National Forest Artist in Residence, Aspen Ranger Cabin, Mancos, CO Durango Art Center, Layered Perceptions, Durango, CO Cortez Cultural Center, Birding Festival, Cortez, CO Durango Art Center, Members Exhibit, Durango, CO Earthen Vessel, Durango, CO Namaste Health Center, National Eating Disorders Awareness, Durango. CO Shy Rabbit Gallery, Pagosa Springs, CO 2005 The Longhouse, Gulfport, Fl. Gallery M, Winter Park, FL The Black Palm, Passa Grille, FL D & S Design and Solutions, Orlando, FL Hard Rock Hotel, The Art Of Rock and Roll, Tampa, FL Simple Living, St. Petersburg, FL 2004 Tampa Museum Of Art , Avant Garde – The Young Professionals’, Tampa, FL Kingdon Alan Gallery, Whimsy and Want , St. Petersburg, FL Kingdon Alan Gallery, Fresh Paint, St. Petersburg, FL The Healing Arts Center, Gulfport, FL Orlando Museum Of Art, First Thursdays, Demonstrating the Artistic Process, Orlando, FL Kingdon Alan Gallery, Silent Auction to Benefit The Tampa Museum Of Art, St. Petersburg, FL Mangia, St. Pete Beach, FL Bliss Floral Designers, Orlando, FL Cherie’s Eklectika, St. Petersburg, FL 2003 Picasso’s Prom, Silent Art Auction for Hodgkin’s Disease, Orando, FL The Arts Center, Out Of The Elements, St. Petersburg, FL Simple Living, St. Petersburg, Café Monet, St. Petersburg, FL 2002 Simple Living, St. Petersburg, FL 2001 Womans League Of Florida, Silent Auction, Dunedin, FL 2000 Café Monet, St. Petersburg, FL Bertoni, S. Petersburg, FL 1981—1999 Palm Avenue Gallery, Sarasota, FL Palm Avenue Gallery, Sarasota, FL Gallery of Wisconsin Artists, Milwaukee , WI CORPORATE / PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The Paramount Hotel, Orlando, FL The Vue at Lake Eola, Orlando, FL CNL Realty and Development Coorporation, Orlando, FL |
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An Unquiet Mind" - the Durango Telegraph
by Jules Masterjohn
July 09, 2009