Ryszard Sawicki works in oils, watercolors, drawings and heliogravure (gold-plated copper plate etching). Since 1982 his work has been shown in both North America and Europe and is included in the collections of the Torun University (Torun, Poland), the Museum of Asia and Pacific (Warsaw, Poland), the Carmel Art Association (Carmel, California), and other galleries. His works have also been the focus of articles in both English and Polish language newspapers (The Herald, Review, the Globe, Format, Kurier Polski).



· From 1982 to 1993, Sawicki was a resident artist with the Beeches' Gallery in Carmel, California.

· In 1993 he became a member of the Carmel Art Association.

· In 1986 and in 1987, he received silver and gold medals from the International Platform Association shows in Washington, D.C.

· Since 1998, the University in Torun, Poland began collecting and documenting his work as both artist and writer (Immigrant Artists Collection).

· In 2003 and 2004, an exhibition of his 45 pictures traveled from Warsaw to Calcutta, Delhi and Varanasi (India). It was organized in cooperation with the Museum of Asia and Pacific in Warsaw, and the Polish Embassy in India.



Personal statement:

In my paintings, I often use gold leaf in order to brighten the colors and make canvas vibrate with a flickering luster that gives it life. In my drawings, the tones applied by charcoal, pastels, pen-and-ink, and the underlying specks of white or colored paper mix optically when the sheet is seen at a distance. An effect of atmospheric luminosity is the result. I make the silhouette count in many portraits. I like painting and drawing profiles.



Education: University of Wroclaw, Poland


Awards: Gold Medal, International Platform Association, Washington, D.C.


Silver Medal, International Platform Association, Washington, D.C.
 
 
The artist has work in the following collections:
 
Torun University, Poland; Joseph von der Droessel-Dressel Family Collection, Chicago
 
 
Listed: Directory of American Portrait Artists, Who's Who in Polish America, Contemporary Polish Literary Authors (Princeton)
 
His travels have taken him to many countries in Europe and Asia including India, Japan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, France, Italy, the Great Britain, Holland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Germany.