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MARSHFIELD – William Bukowski, painter from Mankato, MN will be speaking at a gallery reception for his exhibit  “Observation & Representational Imagery” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Gallery 450 at UW-Marshfield/Wood County in the Helen Connor Laird Fine Arts Building,

Bukowski is a well known professional painter of representational themes that often utilize reflective qualities in surfaces of still life objects. He is also a professor of art at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, MN.  He carries an expansive show record and is well established in contemporary art.

Bukowski earned his Masters of Fine Arts and Master of Arts from UW-Madison in 1979 and 1978, respectfully.  He earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts from Mankato State in 1976.

"My artwork is about what I see and experience,” Bukowski said. “The recent paintings of gardens are inspired by the gardens at Sibley Park in Mankato. I like the gardens because they have a timeless quality and the history of things that I enjoy arranging or looking at. 

“All of my work is rooted in the tradition of Western European Art.  I filter the world through my own eyes and try to paint interesting paintings. I want people to enjoy seeing their world through my paintings."

“Observation & Representational Imagery” is the first of four exhibits in the Visual Arts Series “Art & the Culture of Observation, Invention and Expression” in Gallery 450 for the 05-06 Arts at the UW season.  “Beyond the Surface – The Invention of Surface Texture” will run October through January; “Realism x 3 – Expression in Subject Matter” will run in March; and the “Annual UW-Marshfield/Wood County Student Exhibition” will be in April.