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Show Wednesday, January 19, 2000 The Park Record A-25 Brash strokes 1 rv' & Gary Bukovnik't "Geranium Still Life" it on display at Old Town by Sodona Callahan RECORD GUEST WRITER Spring may be a few months a ay, but Parkites suffering from winter -blues" can find a cure in the back room of the Old Town Gallery, where Gary Bukovnik's exhibition of floral COURTESY OF OLD TOWN GALLERY Bukovnik't "Orange OrchicT watercolors and mono tints are displayed, Bukovnik, who uses rich, vibrant colors on a plain background, back-ground, is called one of the world's most celebrated painters of flowers. "I love flowers!" says Bukovnik. "I love to draw. I love color and form. I've been drawing and painting flowers since I was four years old!" While studying at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Bukovnik was taught that modern art should make a political statement. Bukovnik left the institute, and feeling discouraged from painting paint-ing his flowers, did miniature landscapes for years, until a gallery owner suggested he go back to painting flowers. Bolstered by the encouragement. encourage-ment. Bukovnik returned to his first love. "I knew what I wanted want-ed to do all along, but I lost it for awhile. Now all I exhibit are flowers," he says. Bukovnik produces a mixture of meticulous botanical illustration illustra-tion and modern day super-realism. His vivid floral portrayals may include the twister-ties binding the stems of a bouquet of amaryllis, an orchid-stem in a w ater feeder, or a flat of geranium gerani-um plants in plastic pots, still in the wooden crate, as though they were just brought in from the nursery. "I donl like the paintings to be too contrived," Bukovnik explains. "1 go to the flower PHOTO COURTESY OF OLD TOWN GALLERY Gallery (444 Main Street). mart, drop them into the vase and paint them. I like them to be as dow n to earth as they can be." He also enjoys working in large scale. He explains his 46" by 57" "Pink Cyclamen", as being from "the bee s-eye view". Bukovnik grew up among the nurseries of Ohio. He worked as a graphic artist in Atlanta. Georgia before moving to San Francisco where he now lives and works. His paintings, mono-. mono-. types and large screens have been exhibited in the United States, Europe and Asia, and are included in important public collections, including the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Library of Congress. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian Institution, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Carnegie Institute and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In a catalog for a one-person exhibition in Taiwan. Robert McDonald observes. "To look at a painting by Gary Bukovnik is to refresh the eyes and to nourish nour-ish the soul. It is to know that whatever else life presents, it also offers beauty and solace." Let it snow. Springtime, and Bukovnik's floral paintings can be seen at Old Town Gallery. 444 Main Street until January 30th. For information about the gallery or exhibit, call 645.7724 or 800.89 1.7085. D D Why Does Coalition Title Bank With Park City Bank? "A bank plays a large part in the successful operation of my business. busi-ness. We bank at Park Gty Bank because it is a local company and offers personalized and professional services that I trust and appreciate. No matter what the transaction, it is refreshing to always know the person per-son who is assisting me. I never have to deal with a recorded message mes-sage or someone unfamiliar. Park Gty Bank believes in Park City. It is the community where my business busi-ness is located and it is where I live. I believe in Park City, it is important impor-tant that they do too!" 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