Mike Koloski

 

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        For me the process is every bit as important as the product.  I love the process of painting.  The physical excitement and mental challenge of applying paint to ground and moving it around for a pleasing result is what keeps me going.  The subject is often just a good excuse to paint.

        As you would expect, then, the resulting  work is quite eclectic.  I approach the challenge of landscape, figurative work, portraiture, and non-objective work with equal relish.  Its only after a cup of coffee in the morning that I decide what kind of painter to "be" that day.

        Far better, you say, for a painter to find his style and perfect his art.  Phooey!  And what's more -- how boring.  The painter interacts with the world through his brush and knife (or sometimes his hands and fingers).  Why limit your view to only a narrow slice of the world?

        When I pass over, I would like my epitaph to read: 

 "A competent artist, sometimes good, who was willing to try it all."

 

Studio 921
66382 Sunrise Road
Enterprise, Oregon 97828

541-426-8604

mkoloski@oregonvos.net