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Featured Art - January 2019
The Epagneul Breton Foundation, Inc., displays artwork in its gallery to inform enthusiasts of the breed about historic and contemporary art and artists. Pieces of art are featured here periodically and then displayed in the online gallery.
Please contact us to suggest or submit additional items for display.
"Danny Boy and Tig"
Featured artist Joseph H. Sulkowski has been commissioned to paint several Epagneul Bretons. This work, known as “Danny Boy and Tig” was a private commission, but appears in a published book of the artist’s work known as “The Sporting Life – The Art of Joseph H. Sulkowski.” The sporting artist and painter has had a career spanning decades of creating art of true beauty and deep emotion. His work embraces poetic realism in the style of the Old Masters, which is the catalyst for the artist’s enduring creations.
Mr. Sulkowski has been involved in art since the age of five. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, founded in 1809 as the oldest art school in the United States. Later he met his greatest influence and mentor Frank Mason, the foremost authority on the principals and techniques of the old masters at the Art Students League of New York. He was an apprentice to Mason from 1974-1979 learning the traditional principals of painting in the 17th Century Flemish, Dutch, and Italian techniques. He also learned how to prepare his paints, mediums and oils using recipes developed in the studios of Rubens and Rembrandt. He has received many awards for his work, and among his many professional affiliations he is a signature member of the Society of Animal Artists, the National Society of Mural Painters, and he is a life member of the Art Student’s League of New York.
Mr. Sulkowski is presently engaged in a current project entitled “Apokalupsis: An Uncovering.” “Apokalupsis” in the original Greek means “to uncover” or “to take the cover off.” The theme of this Magnum Opus is about uncovering the realization that all of life is connected, that All is One. Read more about the artist, his work, and his ongoing Apokalupsis project at www.josephsulkowski.com.
The artist resides in Franklin, Tennessee, with his artist wife, Elizabeth Brandon.
