The paintings span nearly a decade during which the work, dominated by contrasting themes of forest and sea, slowly evolved into a semi abstract language of marks. These are paintings, originating in the studio, where the organic, graphic lines of trees, grasses, underbrush and water are built upon sources both from memory and onsite watercolors.
The artist will be present during Saturdays after the reception.
Michael Chelminski has a BFA and MFA from Yale University, with studies under Josef Albers, Bernard Chaet and Louis Finkelstein. He did residencies at the Macdowell Colony, New Hampshire; the Crescent H Ranch, Wyoming; and the Blue Mountain Center, New York.