Location: United States
Karl Bronk’s early fascination with fine art began as a young man living in France and New York City, where the Louvre, the MET and other museums and art galleries throughout Paris and Manhattan offered a unique opportunity to study original classical paintings created by the greatest artists. The magic of their talents to replicate the visual world with dabs of oil paint inspired him to recognize that his own passion for making art made him a member of a unique clan. After receiving his education as an art major from Salem State University and Montserrat College of Art, he launched his career as an illustrator and art director for Boston advertising agencies, working on clients such as Marriott Corporation, Burger King, Bausch & Lomb, and many others.
Continuing to develop as a fine arts painter, Karl’s oil paintings have been represented by several art galleries and welcomed into many awards competitions and art associations. After leaving the commercial art and advertising field, Karl now devotes his full energies in his studio to the continued refinement of a style and content that uniquely expresses his visual interpretation of the physical world. Currently, represented by the J. Todd Gallery in Wellesley, Massachusetts, he is also a member of the North Shore Arts Association and Rockport Art Association on historic Cape Ann, Massachusetts.
Exhibitions
• Rockport Art Association New England Open Juried 2011 Exhibition, Rockport, MA (selected juried exhibition)
• Scottsdale First Annual Salon of fine Art 2011 Exhibition, Scottsdale, Arizona (selected juried exhibition)
• Salon International 2011 Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas (selected juried exhibition)
• Salmagundi Club 33rd Oil Painting & Sculpture Exhibition, NYC (selected juried exhibition)
• Allied Artists of America 97th Exhibition, NYC (selected juried exhibition)
• Hudson Valley Art Association 79th Annual Exhibition, Hudson, NY (selected juried exhibition)
• The Art League of Hilton Head, SC, National Juried Art Exhibition (selected juried exhibition)
• Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR, National Juried Exhibition (selected juried exhibition)
• Bryan Gallery, Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, Massachusetts (selected juried exhibition)
• National Oil and Acrylic Paint Society (NOAPS) (selected juried exhibition)
• Best of America Oil Artists Volume II http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-books/?currentPage=4
• North Shore Art Association (Associate Member Jury Award 2009
• Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, Florida (selected juried exhibition)
Gallery Representation
• Chisholm Gallery, Pine Plains, New York
• Bull Run Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island
• The Enrico Donati Gallery, Newburyport, Massachusetts
• ARA Gallery, Hamilton, Massachusetts
Current Representation
• J.Todd Galleries, Wellelsely, Massachusetts www.jtodd.com
• Xanadu Gallery, Scotsdale, Arizona http://www.xanadugallery.com/Art/ArtistGallery.asp?ArtistID=1972.
Membership
• Oil Painters of America, Crystal Lake, Illinois
• American Impressionist Society, Denver, Colorado
• North Shore Artists Association, Gloucester, Massachusetts
• Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusetts
Visual language is both our most common yet most undefinable language. We see thousands of objects every day,
and over time they become commonplace and virtually invisible of their inherent meaning and beauty. Executing
my paintings in the Realist tradition brings attention to the unique qualities that are inherent in all everyday
scenes. Bringing together form, color, lighting effect, composition, and texture in a fine art painting is akin to composing
a symphony, an artist’s visual statement uniquely crafted. For me, the textural and visual feel of objects,
the shapes that make up their unique character, their arrangement to one another, and the way light defines their
form––all crystallize in my personal interpretation, and hopefully enlighten the fact that nothing is truly mundane
in our visual world.
“Reflections on Five North Square 24x30”
This is part of a series of reflection paintings that offer a dual perspective to the viewer of internal and external view simultaneously. In this way, two images come together on one canvas.
Part of the reflections series, this paintings brings together reflections in the window of yesteryear's architecture from the past, combined with today's automobiles on the street. At the same moment, peering into the restaurant at the current moment. Blending images into one another, though a challenge on a two-dimensional canvas, created a satisfying montage.
Much of my work is of urban settings. This painting is of an entrance on a busy city street that leads to a residence. The lighting caught my attention, along with the beautiful oak doors.
Aside form painting architectural landscapes, I enjoy painting people in everyday activities. This painting depicts a young woman enjoying a few moments of sunshine during her lunch break... a scenario many of us can appreciate. She had just visited a shop somewhere and purchased an item that sits next to her in a brown bag. Once she finishes her ligh salad, she'll be back in an office somewhere to finish out her day.
She is confident; you can see it in her stride and gaze. She is comfortable in the city, swinging her bag and daring to brag about her slender figure wrapped in flowers. I saw he as someone chose to be an object of intentional attraction, a natural artifact male bees would aim for, to pollinate. But she is a woman of discrimination; she is fortunate to be one who can choose.
Downtown, in the city, is where the mannequins hang out to promote the fashions of the day. They invite in the humans to try on their sporting styles. And downstairs is where the details are finished off: the nails, and skin, and hair and face. It's beautification. And we all love beauty. So. next door is an art gallery, displaying lovely paintings of beautiful landscapes, figures and fruit and all things of life. Somehow, they all fit together under one perception.
“A Room at teh Vose Gallery 22x32”
“Inside & Out 24x30”
“The Entrance 23x30”
“Lunch Break 18x14”
“Photosynthesis 24x16”
“Upstairs, Downstairs 24x30”
