Michael Rogovsky is an artist who divides his time between New Bedford and Provincetown.
He has been painting for over 30 years and has paintings in the permanent collection of Rutgers’s University in the Steadman collection, in the collection of the University of Maryland and in the collection of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.
Michael recently had a one person show at The Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis MA and in the summer of 2008 his work will be on display at Conwell gallery on Conwell Street in Provincetown. He has been commissioned by Butler Psychiatric hospital in Providence to paint the mural in the Lippitt building and also in the AD..ward.
His work runs the gamut from bold, dramatic landscapes to serene, contemplative views of nature. His figurative work is bold, dynamic and not for the fain hearted. He work can be viewed on his website: www.michaelrogovsky.com.
It is always an exciting time when an artist starts his or her painting season. Some go on sabbatical, some go off to Europe or enjoy a sojourn in another local for a few weeks or a few months and it is always an exciting start.
It is an exciting time for an artist because the artist arrives with his blank canvases and at the end of his stay, the canvases bear the fruits of his labor. I know one artist who told me that he went to the Adirondacks for a month or so of painting and when he returned, he couldn’t find anything good in any of them. He never connected with the place on canvas it seems. However, when it does work out, the artist at the end of his painting season sees the excitement of his painting season visible on the canvas.
We are ending the winter and marching towards spring. The grays and browns of winter will evolve into the fresh greens of spring. This, too, could be the end of a painting season and the start of another. For studio artists it will lift the spirits as it does for everyone, but for the landscape artists attuned to the changes in nature, it is a heady time of contained excitement.
The Plein air painters will be out in the landscape capturing the play of sunlight on the lay of the land or the sea shore. They might do their studies outdoors and then return to the studio for the final touches or they may return time after time to the outdoor scene. Regardless of the venue, for some, the seasonal painting will come to an end and another will start. Their lives are measured in the collection of finished paintings at the end of these painting sojourns and their excitement builds since it is the start of another. It is a cycle that renews and rejuvenates and creates a personal legacy of time used in creative endeavor visible for all to see.